Ecology

• Ecology


  The study of the interactions that take place among organisms and their environment
• Physical adaptations


  are body structures that allow an animal to find and consume food, defend itself, and to reproduce its species
• Physical adaptations


  help an animal survive in its environment.
• Physical adaptations


  Camouflage (use of color in a surrounding)
• Physical adaptations


  Mimicry (looking or sounding like another living organism)
• Physical adaptations


  Chemical defenses (like venam, ink, sprays)
• Physical adaptations


  Body coverings & parts (claws, beaks, feet, armor plates, skulls, teeth)
• Behavioral adaptations


  allow animals to respond to life needs.
• Behavioral adaptations


  Animal actions
• Homeostasis


  Maintenance of constant internal conditions in the face of a varying external environment.
• Endotherms


  are animals that warm their bodies mainly from their own metabolism.
• Ectotherms


  are animals that warm their bodies by absorbing heat from their surroundings.