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Plant/Animal ADAPT
Term | Definition |
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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. |