Animals Vocabulary

1.  habitat- a  place where an animal lives
MUST HAVE food, shelter, water & space

2. habitat diversity- the different plants, animals & physical things (water, trees) that are in a habitat

3.adapt- process by which a species changes over time in order to survive in the environment around them

4.adaptation-improves an animals survival, a body part or activity that helps a living thing to survive

5.  hibernation- long period of deep sleep used by some animals to survive the winter

6. migration- an adaptation of traveling a great distance to survive in the winter

7. loss of habitat- changes in a habitat that affect the wildlife in the area*makes animals endangered

8.limiting factor- things like predators, disease, hunters, climate and pollution that make the number of a certain type of animals go down

9.endangered species-plant or animal in danger of becoming extinct

10. increase- to go up

11. decrease- to go down

12.learned- taught to you *told *by example 
(ex. Walking, reading, riding a bike)

13. inherited- passed on from parents & grandparents
(ex: blue eyes, brown hair)

14. life cycle-  stages of growth of a plant or animal from the beginning to the end of life

15. life span- length of time from beginning of life to the end(#)

 ***all food chains start with….-green plant***

1. food chain- path by which energy passes from one living thing to another

2. food web- shows how all the animals in a community get their food
(food chains overlap)
3. energy- the ability to do work…comes from food

4. organism- a living thing

5. community- all the plants and animals in a certain area

6. predator- an animal that hunts other animals for food

7. prey-an animal that is hunted for food

8. producer- name given to green plants because they make (produce)
their own food

9. consumer- name given to animals because they get (consume) food
 for energy

10. decomposer-last step in the food chain, these organisms break down
 the bodies of dead animals and return energy to earth

11. herbivore- an animal that eats only plants

12. carnivore- an animal that eats only meat

13. omnivore- an animal that eats both meat and plants

14. diurnal- day hunters, night sleepers

15. nocturnal- night hunters, day sleepers

16. decrease- to go down

17. increase- to go up

All About Butterflies
Animal Games

The Web of Life Game
Animal Antics Game -learn about caribou migration and create your own comic strip
Animal Adaptations Game
Chain Reaction - put a food chain together
Learn How to Improve a Frog Habitat

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