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20 Cards in this Set
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Adaptation
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A structural or behavioral change that helps an organism survive in its environment
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Learned Behavior
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Behavior that is learned from direct observation or experience
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Conditioning
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Type of learned behavior in which an animal learns that a particular stimulus and its response to that stimulus will lead to a good or bad result; includes trial and error learning
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Imprinting
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Type of learned behavior in which newborn animals recognize and follow the first moving object they see
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Inherited Behavior
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Are passed from parent to offspring and are with the animal from birth; also called instincts
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Courtship Behavior
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Behavior that allows males and females of the same species to recognize each other and prepare to mate
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Hibernation
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Behavioral adaptation for winter survival; activity, body temperature, and body processes slow down to conserve energy
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Migration
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Instinctive seasonal movement of animals to find food or reproduce in better conditions
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Mimicry
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An adaptation where an animal closely resembles another animal in appearance or behavior
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Camouflage
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Any marking or coloring that helps an animal blend into its surroundings
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Ejection
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A defense mechanism used by some animals to gain time to escape; examples include an octopus releasing a black ink cloud or a horned lizard shooting blood out of its eyes
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Grouping
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When animals travel together in groups to protect individuals within the group or to fool a predator into thinking the group is one large organism
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Environmental Stimuli
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Change in an organism's external surroundings like a change in light or temperature
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Internal Stimuli
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Change or cue inside an organism's body like hunger, thirst, or feeling tired
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Behavioral Responses
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How animals cope with changes in their environment
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Endothermic
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Warm-blooded; maintains a constant internal body temperature; mammals and birds
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Ectothermic
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Cold-blooded; body temperature changes depending on the temperature of the environment; fish reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates
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Shiver
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What endothermic animals do to generate heat when they are too cold
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Sweat or pant
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What endothermic animals do when they are too hot; when the sweat or saliva evaporates, it cools them off
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Bask
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An organism warming itself in the sun; what ectothermic animals do when they are too cold
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