Animal Adaptations

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Abody part or behavior that helps an animal meet its needs in its environment

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adaptation

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Aplace where an animal is protected from other animals or from the weather

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shelter

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Ananimal’s color or pattern that helps it blend in with its surroundings

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camouflage

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Themovement of a group of one type of animal from one region to another and backagain

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migration

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Abehavior that an animal begins life with

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instinct

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Theprocess of change from an egg to an adult butterfly

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metamorphosis

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Aperiod when an animal goes into a long, deep “sleep”

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hibernation

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Theaverage temperature and rainfall of an area over many years

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climate

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Everythingthat surrounds and affects an animal, including living and nonliving things

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environment

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One of the many gases in the air that helps usand animals to breathe

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oxygen

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Anadaptation in which an animal looks very much like another animal or object

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mimicry

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1. What arethe five basic needs of an animal?

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climate

oxygen

water

food

shelter

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Why might an animal not survive if it is moved out of its natural environment?

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The animal might not survive because it wouldn't have the climate, water, food or shelter it needs to survive.