Benchmark Unit 3 Week 1 Vocabulary

the process of staying alive

• thrive

• exist

• survive

• perish

the surroundings in which an animal or plant lives

• habitat

• ecosystem

• environment

• biome

the ability to move from place to place

• locomotion

• immobility

• sedentary behavior

• stationary movement

the way an animal blends in with its surroundings

• camouflage

• mimicry

• disguise

• hiding

the act of moving from one place to another

• locomotion

• transportation

• migration

• relocation

to act in a certain way

• behave

• react

• perform

• respond

an animal hunted or caught for food

• predator

• prey

• scavenger

• herbivore

to find or discover something

• detect

• ignore

• overlook

• miss

to create a plan or idea

• formulate

• execute

• ignore

• disregard

the natural world and all living things

• ecosystem

• environment

• habitat

• biosphere