A gradual change in a body part, body covering, or behavior that helps a plant or animal survive in its environment.
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Camouflage
A color or shape in a plant or animal's body covering that helps it blend into its environment.
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Mimicry
An adaptation in which an otherwise harmless plant or animal looks like a harmful plant or animal in order to protect itself.
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Hibernation
Escaping the harsh winter by hiding in a safe and warm place and then sleeping until it is warm again.
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Environment
Everything that surrounds and affects a living thing. The environment includes non-living things, such as water, air, soil, weather, landforms and oth...
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Habitat
The place where an animal lives. The physical characteristics of an animal's surroundings where it can find everything it needs to survive.
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Instinct
A behavior an animal is born with (inherits) and does not have to learn.
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Learned behavior
A behavior an animal acquires through experience (has to be taught or learned).
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Predator
An animal that hunts and eats other animals for food.
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Prey
An animal that is taken and eaten by another animal (predator) for food.
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Survival
Using adaptations to continue to live.
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Organism
Any living thing.
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Ecosystem
Includes all the organisms in an area and the environment in which they live.
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Population
All the organisms of one kind in an ecosystem.
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Behavioral Adaptation
Something an animal does - or acts - in response to some type of external stimulus.
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Structural Adaptation
Some type of structural or physical modification made to a part of the body.
