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Animal Growth and Adaptation
Term | Definition |
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environment | everything that surrounds and affects an animal, including living and nonliving things |
climate | the average temperature and rainfall in an area over many years |
shelter | a place where an animal is protected from other animals or from weather |
oxygen | one fo the many gases in air |
adaptation | a body part or behavior that helps an animal meet its needs in its environment |
camouflage | an animal's color or pattern that helps it blend in with its surroundings |
mimicry | an adaptation in which an animal looks very much like another animal or an object |
instinct | a behavior that an animal begins life with |
migration | the movement of a group of one type of animal from one region to another and back again |
prey | an animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal |
predator | an animal that hunts and eats another animal |
hibernation | a period when an animal goes into a long, deep "sleep"; its body functions slow down, and the animal uses less energy |
body covering | the material on the outside of a plant or animal that helps protect the organism |
organism | another word for living thing |
reproduction | to make more offspring |
life cycle | a pattern of changes that happen during an organism's life |
habitat | consists of food, water, shelter, and space in a suitable arrangement |
extinction | the complete elimination of a species from the Earth |