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15 Cards in this Set
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What are living things that grow, need food and reproduce?
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Organism
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What do we call the place in nature where a plant or animal ususlly lives?
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Habitat
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Name the physical or behavioral change that helps living things survive in their environment. (examples: rose-thorns; camel-hump; snake-poison fangs; turtle-hard shell)
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Adaptations
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When an animal goes into a deep sleep to survive the winter it is called _________.
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Hibernation
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____________ is when animals move to another region as the seasons change.
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Migration
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This is the ability to blend in with the surroundings.
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Camouflage
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What do we call the appearance of an organism that makes it look like another organism or a natural object. This helps them escape danger by resembling a more dangerous species or confusing the preditor.
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Mimicry
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The way an animal behaves that is natural and ingorn, rather than learned is an ___________.
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Instincts
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___________ is an action that an animal is taught.
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Learned Behavior
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A living thing that can make its own food is a ___________.
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Producer
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a living thing that eats other living things to survive is a _____________.
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Consumer
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What is an organism that breaks down and feeds on the remains of once-living things.
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Decomposer
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What are animals called that eat only plants?
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Herbivore
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What are animals called that eat other animals?
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Carnivore
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What are animals called that eat both plants and other animals?
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Omnivore
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