Valentina Biology Collection

1.) Adaptation of an Animal
a. A suitable environment for an animal to reproduce and live in a comfortable environment according to their natural habits.
i. An elephant and its comrades enjoy the sultry air of South Africa because their cool leathery skin keeps them cool from the heat.

2.) Adaptation of a plant
a. Depending on the characteristics of the plant, it’s response to the amount of water and sunlight that it needs to survive in its atmosphere.

3.) Altruistic behavior
Animals that rely on other animals or of their same specie to survive.
Like a rhino travels in it group


4.) Analogous structures
Structures that are the same at the base of its production but changes gradually as it grows.
The Plumeria sprouts flowers during the summer by through it’s branches which forms to leaves and the stem of the leaves forms into flowers.

5.) Asexual Reproduction
A reproduction without the use of an egg or a sperm.
A plant’s way of reproducing.


6.) Detritovore
Specie that decomposes their food in their intestines and passes into their feces then other small deritovores consumes them from the ground.
Snails use their mucus to grab onto the feces and digest them so smaller critters like worms or bugs can take in the excess minerals.


7.) Commensalism
When one animal is using the other to benefit itself without the other animal being harmed or affected.
A rhino is usually seen with it a bird companion, who is normally on the rhino's back picking insects off of it.

8.) Ectotherm
An animal that uses their surrounding temperature as its source of body heat. The animal is a cold blooded creature and their body temperature fluctuates accordingly.
Most common ectotherms are reptiles.


9.) Frond
A plant with leaves that are spread and widely separated
The saw palmetto has leaves that are spread out like fingers.


10.) Predation
When one animal hunts down their prey to eat it.
A lion hunts down a gazelle

11.) Hermaphrodite
A plant that consists of both stamens and carpels in the flower.
The Kadupul blooms only at midnight and dies by dawn but strangely enough when it does bloom the flower contains both the stamen and all the carpels.


12.) Pollinator
A specie that transports pollen from one plant to another.
A bee that lands on a flower and the pollen rubs onto its furry back and when it flies off to another flower, it pollinates.

13.) Mutualism
A relationship between two pairs of animals, or more, which cannot survive without the other.
The ants on the dragon fruit helps pollinate the plant.

14.) Territorial behavior
An area that a group of animals claim as their territory to protect their food and coffsprings.
Parrots occupying their own tree; they support each other by finding food and bringing it back to their nest.
ropism


15.)A plant’s reaction to sunlight or water, where it favors to a side where they are getting more of their source.