Animal Vocabulary

The traits or physical attributes of an object or animal

• characteristic
• carnivore
• habitat
• predator

A place where an organism lives

• desert
• organism
• habitat
• diet

The amount and types of foods one consumes

• predator
• carnivore
• diet
• herbivore

An animal that hunts other animals for food

• predator
• herbivore
• carnivore
• omnivore

An animal that eats only plants

• herbivore
• carnivore
• omnivore
• predator

An animal that eats other animals

• herbivore
• carnivore
• omnivore
• predator

An animal that eats both plants and animals

• herbivore
• carnivore
• omnivore
• predator

The length of time that a person or animal lives

• life
• biome
• characteristic
• lifespan

A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms

• biome
• tundra
• rain forest
• desert

Biome in which the winters are cold but summers are mild enough to allow the ground to thaw

• biome
• tundra
• taiga
• forest