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vocab test
generally vocabulary for animals and adaptations
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Science
4th Grade
12/11/2012

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Classify
Definition
to group or categorize something based on something about them
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Biologist
Definition
study living things
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Cold blooded
Definition
cannot control their own own temperature. body temperature changes depending on the temperature of the environment
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Warm blooded
Definition
able to stay at the same body temperature no matter where they live
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Vertebrates
Definition
animals that have a back bone
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Invertebrates
Definition
do not have a back bone. They are divided into 3 groups: insects, mollusks and arachnids
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Habitat
Definition
Environment in which a plant or animal lives
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Adaptation
Definition
actions and body parts that help a living thing to survive in its environment
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Migration
Definition
going to another place to live for a deason
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Hibernation
Definition
a winter long sleep. The animal's heartbeat and breathing slows and it's body temperature gets lower.
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Camouflage
Definition
an animals color or pattern that helps it blend in with its surroundings
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Mimicry
Definition
An adaptation in which an animal looks very much like another animal
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Instinct
Definition
a behavior that an animals begins with
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