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17 Cards in this Set
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Carnivore
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An animal that eats only other animals.
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adaptation
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A characteristic that helps an organism survive in its environment or reproduce.
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anus
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The opening at the end of an organism's digestive system through which waste exit.
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herbivore
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An animal that eats only plants.
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invertebrate
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An animal that does not have a backnone.
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omnivore
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An animal that eats both plants and animals
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organ
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A structure in the body that is composed of different kinds of tissue.
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predator
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A carnivore that hunts and kills other animals for food and has adaptations that help it capture the animals it preys upon.
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Prey
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An animal that a predator feeds upon.
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vertebrate
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An animal that has a backbone.
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Radial symmetry
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The quality of having many lines of symmetry that all pass through a central point.
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Bilateral symmetry
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Line symmetry; the quality of being divisible into two halves that are mirror images.
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regeneration
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The ability of an organism to regrow body parts.
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Cnidarian
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Animals whose stinging cells are used to capture their prey and defend themselves, and who take their food into a hollow central cavity.
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larva
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The immature form of an animalthat looks very differnet from the adult.
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Medusa
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The cnidarian body plan characterized by a bowl shape and which is adapted for a free-swimming life.
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Polyp
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The cnidarian body plan characterized by a caselike shape and which is usually adapted for life attached to an underwater surface.
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