Animal Life Cycle Vocabulary

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Environment

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everything that surrounds and affects an animal, including living and non-living things

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climate

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the average temperature and rainfall of an area over many years

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Oxygen

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one of the many gases in the air

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shelter

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a place where an animal is protected from other animals or from the weather

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metamorphosis

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the process of change; for example, from an egg to an adult butterfly

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Life cycle

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the stages of growth and change of an organisms life

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amphibian

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animals that live part of their lives underwater and part on land

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species

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group of closely related organisms that are very similar to each other

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vertebrate

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animal with a backbone

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invertebrates

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animals without a backbone