Animal Adaptations Vocabulary

the living area of a plant or animal

• habitat

• location

• extinction

• hibernation

no longer alive or existing

• hibernation

• endangered

• extinct

• environment

where you live

your home and surroundings

• extinction

• environment

• adapt

• instinct

to change in order to survive

• hibernate

• adapt

• migrate

• environment

a group of plants or animals who are the same type

• adapt

• Species

• gliding

• Variation

A giraffe has a long neck in order to better reach leaves to eat. This is an example of _____.

• an adaptation

• environment

• response

• stimulus

An organism that hunts and feeds on another organism is a ______________________.

• prey

• producer

• predator

• decomposer

An animal that is hunted as food

• prey

• predator

• decomposer

• producer

What adaptation helps a flying squirrel glide through the air?

• Extra skin under the arms and legs to catch air as it falls

• sharp claws to climb

• Small eyes to see where it will land

• A short thin tail

What does survive mean?

• To have babies

• To stay alive or exist

• To sleep in the winter

• To find water