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animals
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |