Helpful Definitions

Adaptation: Physical or behavioral change that allows an organism to better survive in the habitat

• Physical adaptation: Part of an organism's body that makes it better suited to survive

• Behavioral adaptation: Action of an organism that makes it better suited to survive

Ectotherm: An animal that cannot make its own heat and depends on outside sources to heat and cool its body

Metabolism: The chemical process of turning food into forms of energy in the body

Predator: An animal that hunts and eats another animal

Prey: An animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal