Adaptation Vocabulary

a plant that gets some of its nutrients by trapping and digesting insects and other small animals

• prey

• talons

• carnivorous plant

• behavior

to move to warmer regions during cold months when food is hard to find

• migrate

• mimicry

• adaptation

• camouflage

any animal that is hunted for food by another animal

• talon

• prey

• behavior

• mimicry

a body part or a behavior the helps a living thing survive in its environment

• adaptation

• behavior

• camouflage

• hibernate

curved claws that help a bird grab and hold prey

• carnivorous plant

• migrate

• behavior

• talon

an adaptation that allows an animal to protect itself by looking like another kind of living thing that is poisonous or otherwise harmful

• adaptation

• mimicry

• camouflage

• hibernate

to go into a deep sleep during cold months when food is hard to find

• hibernate

• camouflage

• adaptation

• mimicry

the coloring, markings, or other physical features of an animal that help it blend with its surroundings

• mimicry

• camouflage

• behavior

• hibernate

the way a plant or animal acts in its environment

• camouflage

• hibernate

• migrate

• behavior

The bird could not find the lizard in the leaves because it was _____________________.

• adaptation

• mimicry

• hibernate

• camouflaged