Adaptation Vocabulary

Animal that maintains body temperature by getting heat from the environment. (Cold-Blooded)

• Ectothermic

• Endothermic

• Estivation

• Ecology

Physical characteristics suited for nighttime activities

• diurnal

• dormancy

• nocturnal

• hibernation

Seasonal movement of animals to mate, find food, get warm or give birth

• estivation

• hibernation

• migration

• moving

Animals become inactive in the winter

• Estivation

• Hibernation

• migration

• pollination

Seed design allows it to travel to new locations

• seed dispersal

• beak design

• dormancy

• diurnal

Plants enter a resting or inactive stage

• diurnal

• nocturnal

• estivation

• dormancy

Different beak shapes are suited for different foods

• beak design

• pollination

• protective coloring

• migration

Tags

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Physical characteristics suited for daytime activities

• estivation

• nocturnal

• diurnal

• ectothermic

Animals become inactive in the summer

• estivation

• hibernation

• diurnal

• migration

Coloring blends into the environment

• beak design

• seed design

• pollination

• protective coloration