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| environment | everything that surrounds and affects an animal, including living and nonliving things |
| metamorphosis | a rock changed by heat or pressure, but not completely melted |
| instinct | a behavior that an animal begins life with |
| climate | average temperature and rainfall of an area over many years |
| adaptation | a body part or behavior that helps an animal meet its needs in its environments |
| migration | the movement of a group of one type of animal from one region to another and back again |
| oxygen | one of the many gases in air |
| camouflage | an animal's color or pattern that helps it blend in with its surroundings |
| hibernation | a period when an animal goes into a long, deep "sleep" |
| shelter | a place where an animal is protected from other animals or from the weather |
| mimicry | an adaption in which an animal looks very much like another animal or an object |
