Science Vocabulary

science of classification

• Taxonomy

• Biology

• Ecology

• Genetics

an organism consuming only other animals - meat

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

• Carnivore

• Detritivore

an organism that consumes plants and animals

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

• Detritivore

an animal without a backbone

• Invertebrate

• Vertebrate

• Mammal

• Reptile

an animal with a backbone

• Invertebrate

• Mammal

• Vertebrate

• Reptile

a place where an animal lives, finds its food, and is sheltered

• Habitat

• Ecosystem

• Biome

• Territory

the position of an animal's body parts around a point or center line

• Asymmetry

• Symmetry

• Proportion

• Alignment

anything causing organisms to react

• Response

• Stimulus

• Reaction

• Impulse

an organism that consumes only plants

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

• Detritivore

a living thing in a habitat

• Abiotic factor

• Biotic factor

• Environmental factor

• Geological factor