Camouflage & mimicry

Mimicry means:

• A tree that has pink flowers in the spring

• When one living thing looks like a different kind of living thing

• A way an animal blends in with its environment

Camouflage means:

• A special dessert

• When an animal looks like another animal

• A way an animal can look like its surroundings

Which is NOT an example of camouflage:

• a tigers stripes blend in with long grass

• A solder's uniform helps him blend in to the background

• Sand wasps & yellow jackets are different insects but both have yellow & black stripes

Which is NOT an example of mimicry:

• The fur of an arctic fox turns white in winter to match the snow

• An alligator snapping turtle's tonge looks like a worm, so he lures fish to his mouth

• A bad tasting butterfly & a good tasting butterfly look similar, so birds don't eat either kind

Resembles means:

• to be polite to adults

• looks the same

• to pretend

Protect means:

• to keep safe

• to stop something from happening

• to fight

Painful means:

• part of a window is broken

• a way to protect

• something that hurts

Disguise means:

• really yucky and awful

• when you do not agree with someone

• a way to change what you look like

Recognize means:

• to hunt for something

• to protect someone or something

• to know someone or something because you've seen them before

Which picture is NOT an example of camouflage?

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