Animal Adaptation Examples

This enables an animal to hide from predators or prey

• camouflage
• herbivore
• mimicry
• warning coloration

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

An animal that only eats plants

• omnivore
• carnivore
• herbivore
• mimicry

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An animal that eats both plants and other animals

• herbivore
• omnivore
• carnivore
• mimicry

An animal that hunts other animals (it usually has eyes in the front of its head)

• prey
• predator
• herbivore
• adaptation

The way an animal behaves in a group in order to survive

• social interaction
• warning coloration
• migration
• hibernation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

fur, scales, skin, hair, spines, feathers, etc.

• learned behavior
• camouflage
• body coverings

seasonal movement of animals to find food, lay eggs, give birth, breed, etc.

• migration
• social interaction
• warning coloration
• learned behavior

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

everything that makes up an animal's body and helps it to survive

• behavioral adaptation
• physical adaptation
• learned behavior
• mimicry

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

an animal that is hunted by another animal

• herbivore
• predator
• prey

an adaptation that allows an animal to look like another organism

• mimicry
• social interaction
• camouflage
• hibernation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2