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Animals
Animal Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| vertebrate | animals with backbones |
| invertebrates | animals without backbones |
| gills | what fish use to breathe |
| cartilage | a strong but flexible material found in some parts of the body |
| molt | to shed the outer covering of something - feathers, skin, etc. |
| warm-blooded | having a body temperature that does not change when the temperature of the environment changes |
| cold-blooded | having a body temperature that is similar to the temperature of the environment |
| migrate | to move from one area to another at different times of the year |
| hibernate | to spend the winter sleeping or resting |
| habitat | the place or type of place where an animal or plant naturally or normally lives or grows |
| camouflage | something (such as color or shape) that protects an animal from attack by making the animal difficult to see in the area around it |