Changes to Environments & Adaptations

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when all the members of a certain kind of living thing die

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extinction

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a large area of living and nonliving things around them

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environment

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Protecting ecosystems and the organisms living in them is called

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conservation

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A community of interacting living and the nonliving things around them is called an

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ecosystem

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A characteristic that helps a living thing survive

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adaptation

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Any harmful substance that gets into the environment

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pollution

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living things go through stages of growth and development

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life cycle

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the place where a living thing lives

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habitat

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when animals move to different locations at certain times of the year

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migration

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physical adaptations that help to keep an animal hidden

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camouflage