Animal Vocabulary List

the ability to move from one place to another

• locomotion

• camouflage

• defense

• resources

a color or pattern that allows an animal to blend into its environment

• locomotion

• camouflage

• defense

• survival

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

protecting something or fighting against a predator

• defense

• resources

• adaptations

• protection

The act or fact of continuing to be alive or survive.

• survival

• locomotion

• defense

• resources

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

an action taken to guard against being hurt or damaged

• protection

• defense

• locomotion

• adaptations

things or materials that can be used for a purpose

• locomotion

• resources

• adaptations

• protection

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

behaviors or structures that help an organism survive.

• adaptations

• locomotion

• resources

• camouflage

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

a body structure that helps an animal survive. Ex. Beak

• structural adaptation

• behavioral adaptation

• resources

• locomotion

an activity an animal does to stay alive. Ex. hibernation

• behavioral adaptation

• structural adapation

• locomotion

• resources