4th Grade Science Animal Adaptations
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- environment
- is everything that surrounds and affects and animal
- climate
- is the average temperature and rainfall of an area over many years
- shelter
- is a place where an animal is protected from other animals or from the weather
- metamorphosis
- the process of change like a caterpiller to a butterfly
- adaption
- is a body part or behavior that helps an animal meets its needs in its environment
- camouflage
- is an animal's color or pattern that helps it blend in with its surroundings
- mimicry
- is an adaption in which an animal looks very much like another animal
- instinct
- is a behavior that an animal begins life with
- migration
- is the movement of a group of one type of animal from one region to another & back again
- hibernation
- is a period when an animal goes into a deep sleep