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adaptation | any body part, behavior, or physiological capability that increases an animal's ability to survive in its environment. |
behavior | - anything an animal does involving action and/or response to stimulation. |
biome | The world's major communities, classified according to the predominant vegetation and characterized by adaptation of organisms to that particular environment. |
camouflage | ration that blends in with the surrounding environment. |
counter shading | dark and light colors are a form of camouflage. |
conservation | taking care of our environment by wisely managing its resources |
ecosystem | a unit of plants, animals, and nonliving components of an environment that interact. |
environment | the total surroundings and forces that act upon a living thing. |
endangered species | a species of plant or animal of which numbers are decreasing at an alarming rate and is threatened with extinction by human-made or natural changes in the environment. |
extinct | no longer existing on the Earth. |
habitat | the place where an animal lives |
herbivore | an animal that eats only plants |
carnivore | an animal that eats only animals |
omnivore | an animal that eats both plants and animals |
predator | an animal that hunts other animals |
prey | v: to hunt and eat other animals. n: an animal eaten by another animal |
invertebrate | an animal with no backbone |
vertebrate | an animal with a backbone |