Unit 2 Vocabulary Words

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Habitat

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a place where plants and/or animals live and grow

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Life Cycle

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the stages through which a living thing goes from birth until death

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Warm blooded

Back

being able to control internal body temperature by making heat within the body and having ways to cool the body down when needed

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Cold blooded

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having a body temperature that changes with the temperature of the environment

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Vertebrates

Back

animals that have a backbone

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Invertebrates

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animals that do not have a backbone

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Mammal

Back

a warm blooded animal that has fur or hair. Mammals drink their mom’s milk when they are babies and have a backbone.

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Reptile

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a cold blooded animal with tough, scaly skin that uses its surroundings to control its body temperature

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Amphibian

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an animal that can live on land and in water

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Carnivore

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an animal that mainly eats meat