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.
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