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| environment | the things, both living and nonliving, that surround a living thing. |
| ecosystem | The living and nonliving things that interact in an environment |
| population | a group of organisms of the same kind that live in the same place |
| community | all the populations of organisms that live in an ecosystem at the same time |
| habitat | the place where an organism lives in an ecosystem |
| adaptation | any trait that helps a plant or animal survive |
| instinct | a behavior that an animal knows without being taught |
| hibernate | to go into a deep sleeplike state for winter |
| migrate | to travel from one place to another and back again |
| camouflage | colors, patterns, and shapes that disguise an animal and help it hide |
| mimicry | the imitating of the look of another animal |
| resource | material from an ecosystem |
