| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Plant | any living thing that is not an animal |
| animal | any living thing that is not a plant |
| habitat | a kind of place where plants and animals live. |
| desert | a habitat that is hot and dry |
| forest | a habitat that has many trees, bushes, animals and streams |
| Tundra (arctic) | a habitat that has a short growing season, fewer plants and is quite cold |
| grasslands | a habitat that is largely various grasses |
| ocean | a salt water habitat that is home to many creatures and plants |
| pond | a smaller fresh water habitat that is home to many fish and other aquatic creatures and plants. |
| carnivore | an animal that eats meat |
| herbivore | an animal that eats plants |
| omnivore | an animal that eats both plants and meats |
| prey | an animal that is eaten by another animal for food |
| predator | an animal that eats another animal for food |
| camouflage | a way animals have of hiding themselves |
| mammal | an animal that is warm blooded, has hair, fur or blubber on it's body and gives birth to it's young. |
| reptile | an animal that is cold blooded, has scales or a shell and is hatched from eggs laid on land. |
| amphibian | an animal that is cold blooded, hatched from eggs laid in the water, begins life breathing with gills and develops legs and lungs later. |
| protect | to guard or defend against harm or danger |
| adapt | to be able to adjust to change |
| aquatic | live in or around water |
| cold | very, very chilly |
| hot | very, very warm |
| food chain | a group of organisms that depend on each other for food. |
| decompose | the organism that breaks down material to be recycled |
| producer | are organisms that make their own food |
| consumer | eat producers or other consumers |
| deciduous | a tree that has leaves that turn colors in the fall and go back to green in the spring (lose leaves and grow ones too) |
| coniferous | a tree that has needle, stays green all year and bears cones |
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