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RMS 5 Unit A Ch. 4
RMS 5th grade science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| fish | a vertebrate that lives its whole life in water, cold-blooded |
| amphibian | a vertebrate that lives part of its life in water and part of its life on land, cold-blooded |
| reptile | an egg-laying vertebrate with thick, dry skin, it is cold-blooded |
| bird | a vertebrate that has both feathers and wings. it is warm-blooded and lay eggs |
| mammal | a vertebrate that feesd its young milk, it is warm-blooded and its young are born alive |
| mimicry | an adaptation in which an animal is protected aganist predators by its resemblance to another, unpleasant animal |
| camouflage | an adaptation in which an animal protects itself against predators by blending in with the environment |
| protective coloration | a type of camouflage in which the color of an animal blends in with its background, protecting it against predators |
| heredity | the passing down of inherited traits from parents to offspring |
| hybrid | an organism produced by the crossing of parents that have different forms of the same trait |
| crossbreeding | producing offspring by mating individuals from two distinct breeds breeds, or varieties of the same species |
| diversity | a wide variey of traits in individuals from the same population |
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