Unit 1 Animal Characteristics Vocabulary

The natural world around you

• trait

• unseen

• colonies

• environment

Bending your knees and almost sitting

• scrunched

• squatting

• marching

• disguise

Any animal being hunted and eaten by another animal

• predator

• disguise

• prey

• surroundings

a characteristic that is used to describe someone or something

• trait

• disguise

• camouflage

• marching

Something was taken away

• marching

• scrunched

• unseen

• withdrew

To make something look bigger

• scrunched

• magnifying

• unseen

• camouflage

Staying alive

• prey

• survival

• adapt

• magnifying

To warn

• prey

• adapt

• cautioned

• environment

A group of animals with common characteristics that live together

• prey

• predator

• colonies

• surroundings

Not seen

• magnifying

• camouflage

• unseen

• surroundings