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Plants
Plants
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Science
3rd Grade
12/12/2008

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Food, Water, and Shelter
Definition
Three things that animals need
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Inherit
Definition
to receive from parents
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Traits
Definition
The body features an animal inherits.
Term
Mammals
Definition
Animals that have fur or hair.
Term
Birds
Definition
Animals that have feathers, two legs, and wings.
Term
Amphibians
Definition
Animals that begin life in the water and move onto land as adults.
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Gills
Definition
Body parts that take in oxygen from the water.
Term
Scales
Definition
Small, thin, flat plates that help protect fish.
Term
Reptiles
Definition
Land animals that have dry skin covered by scales.
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Instincts
Definition
Behaviors an animal knows how to do.
Term
Hibernate
Definition
Animals that sleep through the winter.
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Mimickry
Definition
When one animal looks like another.
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Migrate
Definition
When animals  go to the South to escape the cold winter.
Term
Camouflage
Definition
An animal that has a color similar to its environment.
Term
Extinct
Definition
When all of one kind of organism dies.
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Species
Definition
A specific scientific name that identifies an organism.
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Endangered
Definition
A species that are in danger of becoming extinct.
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Threatened
Definition
A species that is on its way to becoming endangered.
Term
From other animals and from the weather
Definition
Shelter protects animals from what?
Term
Habitat loss, new predators, and over hunting.
Definition
What are the causes of extinction today?
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