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animals
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Science
6th Grade
02/07/2008

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Name the 6 characteristics all animals have in common.

Definition
  1. Multicellular
  2. have a nucleus
  3. heterotrophic
  4. digest food
  5. move (find food, mate, and shelter)
  6. Reproduce
Term
Define adaptation
Definition
any structure, process,or behaivor that helps an organism survive in its environment. Adaptation is inherited.
Term

Define herbivore

Definition
plant eaters (require more food because plants has less energy than meat)
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Define omnivore
Definition

both meat and plant eaters

Term
Define carnivore
Definition
meat eaters (predators-catch food alive, svaengers-eat animals when dead)
Term
What are detritvores?
Definition
animals that eat tiny bits of decaying matter called detritus
Term

Name the 4 physical adaptations.

Definition
  • outer coverings or protective plates
  • size, larger animals are attacked less than smaller animals
  • mimcry
  • camouflage
Term
what is mimcry?
Definition
one animal closely resembles another in appearance or behaivor
Term
Name the 3 behaivoral adaptations
Definition
  • chemicals
  • running speed
  • traveling in groups
Term
vertebrate
Definition
animal with backbone
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invertebrates
Definition
animals without a backbone
Term
asymmetrical
Definition
animal with no definite body shape
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symmetrical
Definition
animal with definite shape
Term
radial symmetry
Definition
body parts arranged around a center point
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bilateral symmetry
Definition
bodies that can be divided into right and left halves that nearly mirror each other
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