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Animal Adaptations
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| environment | everything that surrounds and affects an animal |
| climate | the average temperature and rainfall of an area |
| shelter | a place such as a burrow where an animal can protect itself |
| metamorphosis | the body changes that a butterfly goes through as it grows from an egg into an adult |
| adaptation | a body part or behavior that enables an animal to meet its needs |
| camouflage | enables an animal to blend in with its surroundings |
| mimicry | an adaptation in which an animal looks like an object or another animal |
| instinct | a behavior such as migration that an animal does not have to learn |
| migration | the movement of a group of one type of animal from one region to another |
| hibernation | a period when an animal goes into a long, deep sleep |