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Science Vocabulary
Animal Growth and Adaptations
Question | Answer |
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Everything that surrounds and affects an animal, including living and nonliving things | environment |
The average temperature and rainfall of an area over many years | climate |
One of the many gases in the air | oxygen |
A place where an animal is protected from other animals or from the weather | shelter |
The process of change; for example, from an egg to an adult butterfly | metamorphosis |
A body part or behavior that helps an organism meet its needs in its environment | adaptation |
An animal's color or pattern that helps it blend in with its surroundings | camouflage |
An adaptation in which an animal looks very much like another animal or an object | mimicry |
A behavior that an animal begins life with | instinct |
The movement of a group of one type of animal from one region to another and back again | migration |
A period when an animal goes into a long, deep "sleep" | hibernation |