Basic Needs of Animals
Vocabulary
Animal Adaptations: Body Parts
Animal Adaptations: Behaviors
100
Food, shelter, climate, water, and oxygen.
What are the five basic needs of animals
100
a process of change. ex: an egg to an adult butterfly
What is metamorphosis?
100
this makes it easier for the hawk to catch and carry its prey
What is claws
100
monarch butterflies fly south in the winter because of this
What is instinct
200
To receive energy
What is eat food?
200
everything that surrounds and affects an animal
What is environment?
200
An animal may survive by copying another animal that has a protective adaptation.
What is mimicry?
200
protects an animal from cold temperatures and reduced food supply in the winter
What is hibernation?
300
Some animals meet their need for ________________ by breathing.
What is oxygen
300
a body part or behavior that helps an animal meet its needs in its environment
What is adaptation?
300
feathers, fur or hair, and scales
What are body coverings?
300
behavior an animal is born knowing how to do ____________ and a _____________ is something an animal learns by watching another animal.
What are instinct and learned behaviors
400
helps an animal to survive
What is shelter?
400
an animal's color or pattern that helps it to blend in with its surroundings
What is camouflage
400
beaks,feathers, talons, hollow bones, large eyes
What are bird adaptations?
400
the Atlantic Green Turtle returns to Ascension Island to
What is lay eggs
500
To continue their species
What is reproduce?
500
a period when an animal goes into a long deep 'sleep'
What is hibernation
500
spikes on this animal's back helps to protect it from predators
What is a porcupine?
500
In the spring, I am much thinner than before winter because I exited
What is hibernation
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