Animal Adaptations

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What is it called when an animal sleeps during the cold days of winter?

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hibernation

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When animals travel long trips to find warmer weather, food supply, and a safe place to give birth, that is called _______________.

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migration

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Looking or sounding like another living organism is called ___________.

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mimicry

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A visual disguise; when the color of an animal changes to look like its surroundings

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camouflage

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A characteristic or change in an animal's body that helps it survive in its environment

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physical adaptation

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Behaviors that happen naturally

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instinctive behaviors

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Something an animal does or how it acts in order to stay alive

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behavioral adaptation

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Behaviors taught through observation and experiencing their own environment is called ______________

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learned behavior

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Which is NOT a behavioral adaptation? Options: a bear hibernating in the winter, a bird with a sharp beak, being nocturnal, burrowing underground

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a bird with a sharp beak

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How are teeth, camouflage and mimicry the same?

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They each can help an animal survive.