Adaptations Vocabulary

Any PART of the organism’s body that helps it to survive (fur, leaf color, teeth, camouflage)

• behavioral adaptation

• structural adaptation

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Anything the organism’s DOES that helps it to survive (hide, hunt, migrate)

• behavioral adaptation

• structural adaptation

The coloring marks or other physical appearance that helps an organism blend in with its surroundings

• mimicry

• camouflage

An adaptation that allows an organism to protect itself by looking like another animal or plant

• mimicry

• camouflage

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A physical feature or behavior that helps an organism survive in its habitat

• habitat

• endangered species

• adaptation

• mimicry

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A place where an organism lives

• adaptation

• habitat

• camouflage

• migrate

To move to another region when seasons change and food is limited

• adaptation

• habitat

• camouflage

• migrate

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The last member of a species has died

• extinct

• endangered species

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An organism or species that is about to become extinct (almost none left)

• extinct

• endangered species

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