Animal Adaptations Vocabulary

Behavior Adaptation

• something animal does that helps it survive.

• the way an animal looks

• an animal's food

• habitat

Physical Adaptation

• habitat

• food the animal eats

• how an animal looks that helps it survive

• where the animal lives

Learned Behavior

• a behavior an animal is born with

• A behavior that is taught

• where an animal lives

• where an animal sleeps

Instinct

• a behavior an animal is born with

• A behavior that is taught

• the animal's habitat

• the animal's environment

Mimicry

• an animal looks like something else in its environment

• an animal’s color that helps it blend into its environment

• the animal's food

• the animal's behavior

Camouflage

• behavior that is learned

• the animal's habitat

• an animal looks like something else in its environment

• an animal’s color that helps it blend into its environment

Hibernation

• an animal goes into a deep winter sleep

• an animal's habitat

• how animal’s body or behavior helps it survive

• where the animal sleeps

Adaptation

• an animal's habitat

• a learned behavior

• how animal’s body or behavior helps it survive

• mimicry

Migration

• a place where an animal raises its young, and protects itself from the weather and its enemies

• an animal's habitat

• the environment where an animal lives

• a long journey an animals make when seasons change

Shelter

• a learned behavior

• a place where an animal raises its young, and protects itself from the weather and its enemies

• an animal blends in with its environment

• where an animal gets its food