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Animal Vocabulary

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    4th grade science vocabulary about animals
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  • what animal has a backbone?
    invertebrate
    vertebrate
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  • what animal does NOT have a backbone?
    invertebrate
    vertebrate
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  • what animal regulates their own body heat when it is hot or cold outside?
    cold-blooded
    warm-blooded
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  • what animal's body temperature depends on whether it's cold or hot outside (no control)?
    warm-blooded
    cold-blooded
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  • what word(s) means "special features that help an animal live and survive in its habitat?"
    adaptation
    life cycle
    trait
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  • what word(s) mean "a behavior an animal performs or does for survival?"
    behavioral adaptation
    camouflage
    learned behavior
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  • what words(s) mean "a physical part on an animal's body that helps it survive?"
    physical adaptation
    adaptation
    warning coloration
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  • what word(s) mean "all of the stages of growth an animal goes through during its lifetime?"
    life cycle adaptation
    trait
    ecosystem
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  • what word means "a body feature or behavior passed on from a parent to its offspring?"
    niche
    camouflage
    trait
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  • what does "learned behavior" mean?
    behavior inherited from parents to the newly born animal
    behavior taught through observing others
    adaptation
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  • what does "instinct behavior" mean?
    habitat
    behavior inherited from parents to the newly born animal
    behavior taught through observing others
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  • which word(s) mean "an adaptation that allows an animal to blend in with its environment?"
    warning coloration
    camouflage
    mimicry
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  • which word(s) means "when one animal looks like another animal for protection that is poisonous or dangerous?"
    warning coloration
    mimicry
    camouflage
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  • which word(s) means "bright colors that warn other animals to stay away because they're poisonous?"
    mimicry
    camouflage
    warning coloration
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  • what does "migration" mean?
    an animal's specific job or role in their ecosystem
    traveling in search of better temp., food, or to reproduce
    an animal's home or address
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  • what does "hibernation" mean?
    animal's specific job or role they play in their ecosystem
    deep, sleep-like state that some animals enter in winter
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