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Animal Adaptations Vocabulary
Words about how animals survive: camouflage, mimicry, predator, prey, instinct and more.
- 🎓 Grades 3–5
- 🧪 Science
- 📐 4-LS1-1
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adaptation
A trait that helps a living thing survive
camouflage
Colors or patterns that help an animal blend in
mimicry
Looking like another animal to stay safe
hibernation
A long deep sleep through the winter
migration
Moving to a new place when the seasons change
predator
Animal that hunts other animals for food
prey
Animal that is hunted and eaten
instinct
A behavior an animal is born knowing how to do
habitat
The place where an animal lives
survival
Staying alive
nocturnal
Active at night and sleeps during the day
diurnal
Active during the day and sleeps at night
talons
Sharp claws on birds like eagles and owls
blubber
Thick layer of fat that keeps sea animals warm
venom
Poison some animals use to hunt or defend
quills
Sharp spines on a porcupine
herd
Large group of animals that live and travel together
burrow
Hole or tunnel an animal digs to live in
trait
A feature a living thing has, like fur color
dormant
Resting and not active for a while
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