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Animal Adaptation
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4th Grade
11/12/2008

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ADAPTATION
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A body part or behavior that helps an animal meet its needs in its environment
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CAMOUFLAGE
Definition
An animal's color or pattern that helps it blend in with its surroundings
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MIMICRY
Definition
An adaptation in which an animal looks much like another animal or object
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INSTINCT
Definition
A behavior that an animal begins life with
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MIGRATION
Definition

The movement of a group of one type of animal from one region to another and back again

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HIBERNATION
Definition
A period when an animal goes into a long, deep "sleep"
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ENVIRONMENT
Definition

Everything that surrounds and affects an animal, including living and nonliving things.

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OXYGEN
Definition
One of many gases in the air
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CLIMATE
Definition
The average temperature and rainfall of an area over many years.
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NUTRIENT
Definition
Substances, such as minerals, which all living things need on order to grow.
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METAMORPHOSIS
Definition
The process of change; for example, from an egg to an adult butterfly. 
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SHELTER
Definition
A place where an animal is protected from other animals or from the weather
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