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Adaptation
A structural or behavioral change that helps an organism survive in its environment
Learned Behavior
Behavior that is learned from direct observation or experience
Conditioning
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
Imprinting
Type of learned behavior in which newborn animals recognize and follow the first moving object they see
Inherited Behavior
Are passed from parent to offspring and are with the animal from birth; also called instincts
Courtship Behavior
Behavior that allows males and females of the same species to recognize each other and prepare to mate
Hibernation
Behavioral adaptation for winter survival; activity, body temperature, and body processes slow down to conserve energy
Migration
Instinctive seasonal movement of animals to find food or reproduce in better conditions
Mimicry
An adaptation where an animal closely resembles another animal in appearance or behavior
Camouflage
Any marking or coloring that helps an animal blend into its surroundings
Ejection
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
Grouping
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
Environmental Stimuli
Change in an organism's external surroundings like a change in light or temperature
Internal Stimuli
Change or cue inside an organism's body like hunger, thirst, or feeling tired
Behavioral Responses
How animals cope with changes in their environment
Endothermic
Warm-blooded; maintains a constant internal body temperature; mammals and birds
Ectothermic
Cold-blooded; body temperature changes depending on the temperature of the environment; fish reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates
Shiver
What endothermic animals do to generate heat when they are too cold
Sweat or pant
What endothermic animals do when they are too hot; when the sweat or saliva evaporates, it cools them off
Bask
An organism warming itself in the sun; what ectothermic animals do when they are too cold