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animals
Question | Answer |
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life cycle | the stages that a living things passes through as it grows and changes |
hibernate | to go into a deep, sleeplike state for winter |
migrate | to travel from one place to another and back again |
adaptation | a trait or characteristic that helps an organism survive |
camouflage | the coloring, marking, or other physical appearance of an organism that helps it blend in with its surroundings |
mimicry | an adaptation in which a harmless animal looks like an animal that is poisonous or tastes bad, so that predators avoid it |
tadpole | a young frog that has come out of an egg and has gills to take in oxygen from water |
behavior | the way that an organism usually acts in a certain situation |
reproduce | to make more living things of the same kind |
metamophosis | a phase in the life cycle of many animals in which they undergo major changes in body form |
pupa | the stage of complete metamorphosis in which an insect changes from a larva to an adult |
larva | the stage between egg and pupa in complete metamorphosis in insects |
inherit | to receive features from parents |
traits | similar to characteristics and body features that an animal is born with |
instinct | an inherited behavior that an animal knows without learning it. this behavior helps an animal meet its needs |