Adaptations and Food Chains/Food Webs Vocabulary

a structure or a behavior that helps an organism survive in its surroundings

• migration
• camouflage
• adaptation
• hibernation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

a deep sleeplike state when an animal's body processes slow down during winter months

• camouflage
• adaptation
• migration
• hibernation

the job that a body part does in an organism

• function
• adaptation
• migration
• structure

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

a period of time during which a plant is alive but not growing

• species
• migration
• function
• dormancy

the shape, color, or pattern of an animal that helps it blend in with its surroundings

• structure
• camouflage
• hibernation
• adaptation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

active at night

• structure
• migration
• function
• nocturnal

a seasonal movement of animals from one place to another

• structure
• hibernation
• adaptation
• migration

one organism looking like another kind of organism in its environment so it can escape predators or catch prey

• camouflage
• mimicry
• species
• migration

a body part that does a certain job for an organism

• function
• migration
• structure
• nocturnal

a living organism, such as a plant, that makes its own food, using the energy of the Sun, water and carbon dioxide

• predator
• producer
• decomposer
• food web

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6