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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 |
