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Adaptations
5th Grade Plant & Animal Adaptations, Florida Standards
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adaptation | a characteristic of a plant or animal that helps it live in its environment |
| environment | an area with living and non living things that co exist toegther. |
| natural selection | a process where animals that are best able to survive an environment will; and those that can't survive, won't. |
| biodiversity | a mix of different types of living organisms in an area |
| charateristic | a trait or something about the plant or animal that has a purpose |
| camouflage | a way that an animal can hide or blend in to their surrounding with the colors or patterns on its skin or fur to either hide from predators or sneak up on prey. |
| carnivore | an animal that only eats meat |
| omnivore | an animal that eats mean and plants |
| herbivore | an animal that only eats plants |
| nocturnal | an animal that is awake and active at night, and sleeps or rests during the day. |
| hibernate | When an animal eats extra food to survive a long sleep during a time of harsh weather and low food, usually the winter. |
| migrate | When an animal travels to another area for food, water, and space to live when its home is experiencing harsh weather or low resources. |
| tundra | a type of environment that is very cold, low rain and humidity, low sunshine, not many plants and some animals. |
| desert | a type of rainforest that is very dry, low humidity and little plants and some animals. |
| rainforest | a type of environment where it rains most of the year, is close to the equator so it also receives a lot of sun and is very humid. Also has lush forests with lots of wildlife. |
| swamp | a type of environment that has poor draining soil, so it very wet and has standing water for many months of the year. Can be hot and humid, good amount of plant and animal that can tolerate the water. |
| prey | Animals that are eaten by bigger or meat eating animals. |
| predator | Animals that eat other animals, usually hunts and catches its food. |
| tolerate | to be able to deal with or able to survive |
| moderate | a medium amount |
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