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Animals-Vocabulary2
Animals-Vocabulary-Ch. 2-Bray-3rd.grade
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| To receive traits from parents | inherit |
| Body features an animal inherits or something that animal does | trait |
| Animals that have hair or fur | mammal |
| Animals that have feathers, 2 legs, and wings | birds |
| Animals that begin life in water and move onto land as adults | amphibian |
| Body parts that take in oxygen from water | gills |
| Animals that live their whole lives in water | fish |
| Small, thin, flat plates that help protect fish | scales |
| land animals that have dry skin covered by scales | reptiles |
| Behaviors and animal knows how to do | instinct |
| Deep sleep | hibernate |
| Travel from one place to live in another | migrate |
| A natural disguise-blends into surroundings | camouflage |
| An imitation of another animal or object | mimicry |
| Something that is gone forever | extinct |
| A name that identifies a specific kind of organism | species |
| In danger of becoming extinct | endangered |
| On the way to becoming endangered or extinct | threatened |
| Something that has lasted from a living thing that died long ago | fossil |