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Plant/Animal ADAPT
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adaption | a special trait, body part, or behavior that helps an organism survive in its environment |
| camouflage | to conceal by means of disguise; uses color to blend in with the environment |
| carnivore | animal that eats meat only |
| consumer | an organism which must consume/eat other organisms (must rely on other living things for food) |
| habitat | the type of environment in which an organism normally lives |
| herbivore | an animal that eats only plants |
| hibernate/hibernations | to pass the winter in a resting or very deep sleep-like state during freezing weather |
| life cycle | the changes undergone by an organism in its development, the stages every living organism goes through |
| metamorphosis | when an animal goes through different stages and changes into something else; any marked change i the form and structure of an animal in its development |
| migration | is a seasonal movement for temperature or to give birth; to travel as a group from one place to live in another |
| mimicry | an animal's ability to copy another living thing to help it survive |
| photosynethesis | process by which plants use the Sun's energy to make food |
| predator | an animal that captures other animals for food |
| prey | an animal that is captured and eaten by another animal (predator) |
| producer | an organism that can make its own food; plants are producers |
| scavenger | an organism that eats dead plants or animals' scaverngers are consumers. |