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| environment | everything that surrounds and affects an animal, including living and nonliving things |
| climate | the average temperature and rainfall of an area over many years |
| oxygen | one of many gases in the air |
| shelter | a place where an animal is protected from other animals or from the weather |
| metamorphosis | the process of change;for example, from an egg to an adult butterfly |
| adaptation | a body part or behavior that helps an organism meet its needs in the environment |
| camouflage | an animal's color or pattern that helps it blend in with its surroundings |
| mimicry | an adaptation in which an animal looks very much like another animal or object |
| instinct | a behavior that an animal begins life with |
| migration | the movement of a group of one type of animal from one region to another and back again |
| hiberation | a period when an animal goes into a long, deep "sleep" |
| birds with big hooked beaks | probably eat meat |
| birds with long narrow beaks | can reach and drink the nectar in flowers |
| many insects and amphibians become adults through a process called | metamorphosis |
| an adaptation where an animal looks like another animal to protect itself | mimicry |
| an adaptation that allows animals to swim better | webbed feet |
| an adaptation that allows birds to capture their prey in the air | strong, curved, long claws or talons |
