List 7 Vocab- Animal Behavior

When an animal loses its thick fur or feathers; this happens in hot weather to help animals stay cooler

• panting

• shedding

• blinking

• sweating

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When an animal gets rid of excess body heat by releasing water from pores in the skin. The evaporation of the water from the skin cools the animal

• shedding

• blinking

• panting

• sweating

When an animal releases water from its mouth, by breathing heavily, in order to get rid of excess body heat

• shedding

• sweating

• panting

• blinking

This response helps to increase an endothermic animal’s body heat. An involuntary response to a drop in temperature (outside or within the body)

• shivering

• panting

• sweating

• shedding

A response to losing moisture within the eye; protects the eye by providing a tear film on the cornea; also helps prevent infection and protect the eye

• blinking

• shedding

• sweating

• food gathering

Hunting, fishing, or gathering or seeds, roots, or berries. This can also include storing food for winter or storing nutrition within the body to prepare for hibernation or drought

• shedding

• food gathering

• hibernation

• shivering

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Cold weather (stimuli) causes some animals to do this in order to conserve food stores within their body. It is a time of greatly reduced activity; the animal’s body temperature drops and heartbeat/breathing slow down

• food gathering

• shivering

• camouflage

• hibernation

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The movement of animals from one place to another in response to seasonal changes. They travel to find food and usually use the same routes each year.

• food gathering

• hibernation

• migration

• shedding

An animal defense used by bees and wasps when they feel threatened

• stingers

• ejection

• food gathering

• shedding

An animal defense that happens when an animal sends out liquids from their body in order to scare or intimidate predators

• stingers

• ejection

• hibernation

• migration