Adaptations Vocabulary

An animal that hunts, catches and eats other animals is ?

• predator

• prey

• natural selections

• camouflage

An organism that wants to be alone

• hibernation

• solitary

• migration

• prey

Color or markings of an animal serving to warn off predators

• warning coloration

• natural selections

• migration

• mimicry

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Species are better able to live and reproduce because of their traits

• behavioral adaptations

• physical adaptations

• natural selection

• warning coloration

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Animal finds a safe place and sleeps for many months

• predator

• prey

• migration

• hibernation

When plants and animals change some part of their body to match the environment

• camouflage

• natural selections

• behavioral adaptations

• physical adaptations

When an animal has colors or behaviors that copy another animal or plant

• migration

• mimicry

• adaptation

• solitary

Movement of an animal or a group of animals from its natural habitat to another place at a particular time every year

• solitary

• camouflage

• mimicry

• migration

It allows an animal to blend in with its surroundings

• physical adaptations

• behavioral adaptations

• hibernation

• camouflage

An animal being hunted, caught, and eaten by another animal

• predator

• mimicry

• prey

• migration

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2