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| To receive traits from parents. |
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| A body feature that an animal inherits; it can also be something that an animal does. |
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| An animal that has fur or hair and it is fed milk from its mother's body. |
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| An animal that has feathers, two legs and wings. |
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| An animal that begins life in the water and moves onto land as an adult |
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| A body part found in fish and young amphibians that takes in oxygen from the water. |
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| An animal that lives its whole life in water and breathes with gills |
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| The small, thin, flat plates that help protect the bodies of fish and reptiles. |
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| A land animal that has dry skin covered by scales. |
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| A behavior an animal knows how to do without being taught. |
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| To enter a deep sleep in which life activities slow down. |
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| To travel as a group from one place to live in another. |
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| A natural disguise some animals have to help them blend in with their surroundings. |
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| An animal's imitation of another animal or of an object in order to avoid predators. |
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| Describes a species that is gone forever because all of its kind have died. |
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| A name that identifies a specific kind of organism. |
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| In danger of becoming extinct. |
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| On the way to becoming endangered or extinct. |
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| Something that has lasted from a living thing that died long ago. |
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