Surviving Winter

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When an animal develops features or qualities that HELP IT SURVIVE in its environment.

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Adaptation

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Color or pattern on an animal's body that hides it from predators.

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Camouflage

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When animals move from one place to another in order to survive.

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migration

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Sleeping and resting throughout the winter.

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hibernation

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The way living things act in their environment.

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behavior

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An animal's behavior or knowledge that happens automatically.

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instinct

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How fast an animal burns energy from food.

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metabolism

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Freeze tolerance, thick coats of hollow hair, and brown fat are examples of ____________ , which help animals survive in their environments.

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adaptations

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Some animals spend weeks or months each winter in a kind of deep sleep called _________.

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hibernation

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Shivering and fluffing up feathers are ________ that birds perform to keep warm.

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behaviors