| A | B |
| ORGAN | A structure in the body that is composed of different kinds of tissue |
| ADAPTATION | A characteristic that helps an organism survive in its environment or reproduce |
| HERBIVORE | An animal that eats only plants |
| CARNIVORE | An animal that eats only other animals |
| PREDATOR | A carnivore that hunts and kills other animals for food and has adaptations that help it capture the animals it preys upon |
| PREY | An animal that a predator feeds upon |
| OMNIVORE | An animal that eats both plants and animals |
| INVERTEBRATE | An animal that does not have a backbone |
| VERTEBRATE | An animal with a backbone |
| BILATERAL SYMMETRY | Line symmetry; the quality of being divisible into two halves that are mirror images |
| RADIAL SYMMETRY | The quality of having many lines of symmetry that all pass through a central point |
| LARVA | The immature form of an animal that looks very different from the adult |
| CNIDARIAN | Animals whose stinging cells are used to capture their prey and defend themselves, and who take their food into a hollow central cavity |
| POLYP | The cnidarian body plan characterized by a vaselike shape and which is usually adapted for life attached to an underwater surface |
| MEDUSA | The cnidarian body plan characterized by a bowl shape and which is adapted for a free-swimming life |
| REGENERATION | The ability of an organism to regrow body parts |
| ANUS | The opening at the end of an organism’s digestive system through which waste exits |