Animals--Vocab. (3rd gr)
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choussiere on April 30, 2012
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19 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 trait | a body feature that an animal is born with, or something an animal does |
| inherit | to receive traits from parents |
| mammal | an animal that has FUR or HAIR, uses LUNGS to breathe, and feed on milk made by their mother's body |
| bird | an animal that has FEATHERS, TWO LEGS, AND WINGS |
| amphibian | an animal that begins life in the WATER then moves onto LAND as an adult |
| gills | a body part found on a FISH and young AMPHIBIANS that takes in OXYGEN from the water |
| fish | an animal that lives its whole life in WATER and breathes with GILLS |
| scales | the small, thin, flat PLATES that help protect the bodies of FISH or REPTILES |
| reptile | a LAND animal that has dry skin covered by scales |
| instinct | a BEHAVOIR an animal knows how to do without being taught |
| hibernate | to enter a DEEP SLEEP in which life activities slow down |
| migrate | to TRAVEL as a group from one place to live in another |
| camouflage | a NATURAL DISGUISE some animals have to help them blend in with their surroundings |
| mimicry | an animal's IMITATION of another animal or of an object in order to avoid predators |
| extinct | describes a species that is GONE FOREVER because all of its kind have died |
| species | a name that IDENTIFIES a specific kind of ORGANISM |
| endangered | in DANGER of becoming EXTINCT |
| threatened | ON THE WAY of becoming endangered or extinct |
| fossil | something that has LASTED from a living thing that DIED long ago |
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