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Animals and Science Inquiry Vocabulary

 

Adaptation: Something an organism has or does to help it survive.

Analyze: to study data to look for patterns and relationships

Anthropologist: Some one who studies the human beings and their ancestors.

Behaviors: How something's acts.

Brachiating: Swinging from branch to branch, a primate behavior.

Carnivore: An animal that eats other animals, or meat.

Categories: Putting objects or ideas into groups.

Criteria: Something's that MUST be held to when designing.

Closed circulatory system

Constraints: Things that limit what you can do when designing.

Data: Observations, usually numbers, that are collected during an experiment.

Enclosure: A human made object that keeps an object in.

Ectotherm: An animal that gets it's warmth from the surroundings, a cold-blooded animal. Example: Fish, Reptiles, and amphibians.

Endotherm: An animal that gets it's warmth from itself, a warm-blooded animal.

Example: Birds and mammals.

Ethologist: a scientist that studies animal behavior.

Ethogram: a chart that shows animal behavior.

Explanation:

Field Investigation:

Forage/Foraging: To look for food, usually plants.

Grooming: A primate behavior where

Habitat: A place where a living thing lives

Herbivore: A animal that eats only plants.

Homeostasis: Balance in an organism's body.

Hypothesis: A prediction or idea that need further evidence to either prove or disprove.

Instinct: A behavior that an organism is born with, not learned.

Knuckle walking: A way some primate move by walking on their knuckles

Learned: A behavior that an organism is not born with.

Morphology: The study of the way an animal looks.

Omnivore: An animal that eats both plants and animals.

Predator: An animal that eats another animal

Prey: An animal that is eaten by another animal

Primate: A group of animals that have hands for grabbing objects and has well devloped brains

Procedure: Steps to complete an experiment.

Roost: A large gathering of animals in the same place done to protect the group.

Example: Birds in a tree

Species: A group of plants, animals, or other organisms that are simular and produce more plants, animals, or other organisms.

Trend: A pattern found in numbers.

Qualitative: Type of observation or data that describes an object. Ussally in the form of words or pictures.

Quantitative: Type of observation or data that includes number, charts, or graphs.

Valid: A conclusion that has evidence to back it up.

Variables: Something that is either being changed or measured in an experiment.