Understanding Key Vocabulary Terms

What does "dormancy" mean?

• A time when an animal moves to a new place

• A period when a plant or animal stops growing and rests

• A chain showing who eats whom

• A type of pollution

Which word means "a period when a plant or animal stops growing and rests"?

• Migration

• Dormancy

• Fossil

• Flood

Which picture best shows "dormancy"?

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What is "migration"?

• When animals sleep all winter

• When animals move from one place to another for food or weather

• When plants stop growing

• When water covers land

Which word means "when animals move from one place to another for food or weather"?

• Migration

• Hibernation

• Producer

• Drought

Which picture best shows "migration"?

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What does "hibernation" mean?

• When animals move to a new place

• When animals sleep for a long time during winter

• When plants make their own food

• When water dries up

Which word means "when animals sleep for a long time during winter"?

• Migration

• Hibernation

• Producer

• Flood

Which picture best shows "hibernation"?

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What is a "food chain"?

• A group of animals sleeping

• A diagram that shows how energy moves from one living thing to another

• A type of pollution

• A kind of fossil

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