| A | B |
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| ecolocation | the location of objects by reflected sound |
| habitat | a place where an organism makes its home |
| metamorphosis | the process of transformaton from an immature form to an adult form in stages |
| offspring | babies |
| inherited trait | received genetically from parents |
| characteristic | a trait |
| mammal | examples: dog, bear, human |
| bird | warm-blooded with feathers |
| webbed feet | like a ducks feet; tissue connecting digits |
| adapt | to make fit, often by modification |
| environmental trait | a trait not developed at birth |
| life cycle | stages of development of an organism |
| predator | the animal that hunts |
| prey | the animal being hunted |
| defense mechanism | an inherited ability to deter the predator |
| hearing organs | detects sound vibrations |
| butterfly development | egg, larva, pupa, adult |
| grasshopper development | egg, nymph, adult |
| nymph | a young insect, such as a grasshopper or dragonfly |
| hibernate | an inactive state for a period of time |
| invertebrate | animals without a skeleton |
| vertebrate | animals with a skeleton |
