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To define their territory, cats exhibit natural marking behaviors like scent rubbing and scratching]]> 2019-08-28 13:46:30 UTC https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/377876808 brownka605 https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/377882531 In the wild, a cat establishes an area where it sleeps and eats–its home base–and where it hunts and mates–its home range. ]]> 2019-08-28 13:58:03 UTC https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/377882531 brownka605 https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/377885339 dogs can be aggressive in guarding everything they consider their possessions, such as food, bowls, items they steal or find, and toys. They are also very territorial and will defend any area they consider to be under their domain]]> 2019-08-28 14:03:08 UTC https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/377885339 brownka605 https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/377886759 Birds are very territorial. They defend the mating and nest area, feeding areas, and even roosting areas. Birds are very visual and very vocal, so they defend their territory using songs, other calls, and also use visual parameters to determine the boundaries of their territory]]> 2019-08-28 14:05:52 UTC https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/377886759 brownka605 https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/377889131 In ecology, a niche is the match of a species to a specific environmental condition. It describes how an organism or population responds to the distribution of resources and competitors and how it in turn alters those same factors]]> 2019-08-28 14:10:30 UTC https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/377889131 brownka605 https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/377894785 2019-08-28 14:22:10 UTC https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/377894785 brownka605 https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/378644945 A courtship display is a set of display behaviors in which an animal attempts to attract a mate and exhibit their desire to copulate.]]> 2019-08-30 13:50:15 UTC https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/378644945 brownka605 https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/378651167 Pheromones are chemicals capable of acting like hormones outside the body of the secreting individual, to impact the behavior of the receiving individuals.]]> 2019-08-30 14:04:33 UTC https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/378651167 brownka605 https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/380410606 prolonged torpor or dormancy of an animal during a hot or dry period.]]> 2019-09-05 13:57:54 UTC https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/380410606 brownka605 https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/380412012 Hibernation is a state of inactivity and metabolic depression in endotherms. Hibernation refers to a season of heterothermy characterized by low body temperature, slow breathing and heart rate, and low metabolic rate. It is most commonly observed during the winter months.]]> 2019-09-05 14:00:06 UTC https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/380412012 brownka605 https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/380413457 an innate, typically fixed pattern of behavior in animals in response to certain stimuli.]]> 2019-09-05 14:02:17 UTC https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/380413457 brownka605 https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/380414798 In general, a learned behavior is one that an organism develops as a result of experience. Learned behaviors contrast with innate behaviors, which are genetically hardwired and can be performed without any prior experience or training. Of course, some behaviors have both learned and innate elements.]]> 2019-09-05 14:04:40 UTC https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/380414798 brownka605 https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/380416615 (of a young animal) come to recognize (another animal, person, or thing) as a parent or other object of habitual trust.]]> 2019-09-05 14:07:05 UTC https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/380416615 brownka605 https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/380418181 2019-09-05 14:09:23 UTC https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/380418181 brownka605 https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/380418191 Classical conditioning refers to a learning procedure in which a biologically potent stimulus is paired with a previously neutral stimulus]]> 2019-09-05 14:09:23 UTC https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/380418191 brownka605 https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/380419011 Trial and error is a problem solving method in which multiple attempts are made to reach a solution. It is a basic method of learning that essentially all organisms use to learn new behaviors. Trial and error is trying a method, observing if it works, and if it doesn't trying a new method.]]> 2019-09-05 14:10:28 UTC https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/380419011 brownka605 https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/380420145 Habituation is a form of non-associative learning in which an innate response to a stimulus decreases after repeated or prolonged presentations of that stimulus. Responses that habituate include those that involve the intact organism or those that involve only components of the organism.]]> 2019-09-05 14:12:16 UTC https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/380420145 brownka605 https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/380420653 seasonal movement of animals from one region to another.]]> 2019-09-05 14:13:08 UTC https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/380420653 brownka605 https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/380423639 Excretion is a process by which metabolic waste is eliminated from an organism. In vertebrates this is primarily carried out by the lungs, kidneys and skin. This is in contrast with secretion, where the substance may have specific tasks after leaving the cell. Excretion is an essential process in all forms of life]]> 2019-09-05 14:17:53 UTC https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/380423639 brownka605 https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/380424466 Camouflage is the use of any combination of materials, coloration, or illumination for concealment, either by making animals or objects hard to see, or by disguising them as something else. Examples include the leopard's spotted coat, the battledress of a modern soldier, and the leaf-mimic katydid's wings.]]> 2019-09-05 14:19:09 UTC https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/380424466 brownka605 https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/381899883 Animals move for a variety of reasons, such as to find food, a mate, a suitable microhabitat, or to escape predators. For many animals, the ability to move is essential for survival and, as a result, natural selection has shaped the locomotion methods and mechanisms used by moving organisms.]]> 2019-09-09 23:34:55 UTC https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/381899883 brownka605 https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/381900355 the number of people, other living organisms, or crops that a region can support without environmental degradation.]]> 2019-09-09 23:37:12 UTC https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/381900355 brownka605 https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/381900490 A limiting factor is a variable of a system that, if subject to a small change, causes a non-negligible change in an output or other measure of the system. A factor not limiting over a certain domain of starting conditions may yet be limiting over another domain of starting conditions, including that of the factor.]]> 2019-09-09 23:38:00 UTC https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/381900490 brownka605 https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/381900754 2019-09-09 23:39:22 UTC https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/381900754 brownka605 https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/381900801 2019-09-09 23:39:47 UTC https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/381900801 brownka605 https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/381900918 2019-09-09 23:40:14 UTC https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/381900918 brownka605 https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/381901122 HIV is a virus that attacks the immune system, our body’s natural defence against illness]]> 2019-09-09 23:41:15 UTC https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/381901122 brownka605 https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/381901410  Influenza is a viral infection that attacks your respiratory system — your nose, throat and lungs. Influenza is commonly called the flu, but it's not the same as stomach "flu" viruses that cause diarrhea and vomiting. For most people, influenza resolves on its own.]]> 2019-09-09 23:42:54 UTC https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/381901410 brownka605 https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/381901840 Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease caused by bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The bacteria usually attack the lungs, but they can also damage other parts of the body. TB spreads through the air when a person with TB of the lungs or throat coughs, sneezes, or talks]]> 2019-09-09 23:45:14 UTC https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/381901840 brownka605 https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/381901993 a fungal disease of elm trees that is spread by elm bark beetles. A virulent strain of the fungus that arose in North America in the early 20th century has destroyed the majority of American elms in many areas.]]> 2019-09-09 23:46:01 UTC https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/381901993 brownka605 https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/381902186 Pfiesteria is a genus of heterotrophic dinoflagellates that has been associated with harmful algal blooms and fish kills.Pfiesteria complex organisms (PCOs) were claimed to be responsible for large fish kills in the 1980s and 1990s on the coast of North Carolina and in tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay.]]> 2019-09-09 23:47:04 UTC https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/381902186 brownka605 https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/381902659 Mutualism describes the ecological interaction between two or more species where each species benefits. Mutualism is thought to be the most common type of ecological interaction, and it is often dominant in most communities worldwide.]]> 2019-09-09 23:49:17 UTC https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/381902659 brownka605 https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/381902846 In evolutionary biology, parasitism is a relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or in another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life.]]> 2019-09-09 23:50:12 UTC https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/381902846 brownka605 https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/381903014 Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation and parasitoidism]]> 2019-09-09 23:50:59 UTC https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/381903014 brownka605 https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/381903169 Competition is an interaction between organisms or species in which both the organisms or species are harmed. Limited supply of at least one resource (such as food, water, and territory) used by both can be a factor.]]> 2019-09-09 23:51:53 UTC https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/381903169 brownka605 https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/381903379 Commensalism is a long-term biological interaction in which members of one species gain benefits while those of the other species neither benefit nor are harmed]]> 2019-09-09 23:53:02 UTC https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/381903379 brownka605 https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/381903495 A keystone species is a species that has a disproportionately large effect on its natural environment relative to its abundance.]]> 2019-09-09 23:53:41 UTC https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/381903495 brownka605 https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/381903707 2019-09-09 23:54:45 UTC https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/381903707 brownka605 https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/381903765 2019-09-09 23:55:07 UTC https://padlet.com/brownka605/ho6qw0seermd/wish/381903765