Ecosystems Vocab Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
instinct | a behavior that an animal is born with |
decomposer | living things that get energy from breaking down dead plants and animals |
omnivore | an animal that eats both plants and animals |
carnivore | an animal that eats only other animals |
herbivore | an animal that eats only plants |
consumer | living things that eat plants and animals to get their energy |
producer | living things that make their own food |
food chain | a food relationship between plants and animals in the environment |
migration | a long journey animals make when seasons change |
learned behavior | a behavior that is taught |
adaptation | how an animal's body or behavior helps it survive |
mimicry | when an animal looks like something else in its environment |
behavioral adaptation | something an animal does that helps it survive |
shelter | a place where an animal raises its young and protects itself from the weather and its enemies |
hibernation | when an animal goes into deep winter sleep |
physical adaptation | how animal looks that hepls it survive |
camouflage | an animal's color that helps it blend into it environment |
ecosystem | all of the living and nonliving things in an environment |
habitat | the place where an animal lives |
terrestrial | dry land environment |
aquatic | wet land environment |
population | a group of organisms that are the same kind and live in the same place |
community | all of the populations of living things that live together in the same evironment |
organism | a living thing |
prey | an animal that is hunted by other animals |
predator | an animal that hunts other animals |
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