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Plant and Animal Behavior Match

Match the term to the correct definition.

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migrationThe yearly movement of animals to follow food or water.
hibernationThe shutting down of body systems and "sleeping" through winter to CONSERVE energy.
territorial imperativeThe need of animals and plants to defend their territory from others.
social hierarchyLiving in a society or group and having different levels of responsibilities and jobs with leaders and followers.
competitionTwo or more organisms trying to get the same resources at the same time.
cooperationTwo or more animals of the SAME species working together so everyone benefits.
mutualismThe symbiotic relationship where two or more organisms of DIFFERENT species work together and all are helped.
predationOne animals hunting, killing, and eating another animal.
commensalismThe symbiotic relationship relationship where one organism is helped but the other organism is not helped or harmed by this relationship.
parasiteThe organism that feeds off another organism.
hostThe organism that is harmed when it is feed off of.
predatorThe animal that hunts, kills, and eats another animal for food.
preyThe animal that is hunted, killed, and eaten by another.
parasitismThe symbiotic relationship where one organism is helped by harming the other organism.
dormancyThe process where plants lose their leaves and "sleep" during the winter to conserve their energy.
phototropismThe process where plants grow towards the light in order to get for energy for photosynthesis.
symbiosisThe close relationship between 2 different species of organisms where 1 organism lives near, on, or inside the other and at least 1 organism is helped.


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