1. THE
ABILITY OF AN ANIMAL TO CHANGE ITS BEHAVIOR AND CHARACTERISTICS
IN ORDER TO SURVIVE IN ITS ENVIRONMENT. |
2. THE
NATURAL COLORATION AND/OR MARKINGS OF AN ANIMAL THAT ALLOW
IT TO VISUALLY BLEND IN WITH ITS SURROUNDINGS, HELPING
IT TO AVOID DETECTION BY PREDATORS OR POTENTIAL PREY. |
3. THE
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NATIVE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH AN
ANIMAL NORMALLY LIVES. |
4. THE
INTERACTION OF ORGANISMS WITH THEIR IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENT
OR HABITAT THAT PROVIDES A FUNCTIONAL, BENEFICIAL, AND
SELF-SUSTAINING CO-EXISTENCE. |
5. A
CLASSIFICATION OF WARM-BLOODED, VERTEBRATE ANIMALS THAT
HAVE HAIR OR FUR AND ARE USUALLY LIVE-BEARERS INSTEAD
OF LAYING EGGS. |
6. A
CLASSIFICATION OF COLD-BLOODED, VERTEBRATE ANIMALS THAT
USUALLY HAVE SCALES AND LAY EGGS; COMMON MEMBERS INCLUDE
SNAKES, LIZARDS, ALLIGATORS, AND TURTLES. |
7. A
CLASSIFICATION OF COLD-BLOODED, VERTEBRATE ANIMALS THAT
USUALLY HAVE SMOOTH SKIN AND SPEND THE FIRST STAGES OF
THEIR LIFE AS AQUATIC ANIMALS WITH GILLS. |
8. A
CLASSIFICATION OF VERTEBRATE ANIMALS THAT ARE WARM-BLOODED,
FEATHERED, AND LAY EGGS. |
9. THE
TERM USED TO DESCRIBE ANIMALS THAT PRIMARILY EAT MEAT. |
10.
THE TERM USED TO DESCRIBE ANIMALS THAT PRIMARILY EAT PLANTS. |
11.
AN ANIMAL THAT HUNTS OR ATTACKS ANOTHER ANIMAL AS A FOOD
SOURCE. |
12.
AN ANIMAL THAT IS HUNTED BY ANOTHER ANIMAL AS A FOOD SOURCE. |
13.
AN ANIMAL THAT IS NOT FOUND LOCALLY IN THE WILD AND IS
USUALLY BROUGHT IN FROM A FOREIGN LOCATION. |
14.
A SPECIES OF ANIMAL THAT NO LONGER EXISTS. |
15.
THE TERM USED TO DESCRIBE ANIMALS THAT EAT BOTH PLANTS
AND MEAT. |