Vocabulary
Habitats
Different Types of Habitats
Behaviors
Different Types of Adaptations
100
This vocabulary word means "to spend the winter in a deep sleep."
What is hibernate.
100
This element of a habitat provides animals with something to drink.
What is water.
100
This habitat is really hot and dry. Not very many animals and plants live here. A cactus is a plant that you can find here.
What is the desert.
100
An example of this type of behavior is trial and error.
What is learned behavior?
100
One organism copies another organism
What is mimicry?
200
This vocabulary word means, "the way an animal looks that helps it hide."
What is camouflage.
200
This element of a habitat provides animals with nourishment.
What is food.
200
This habitat is really cold and windy and has a lot of ice and snow.
What is the Tundra.
200
This behavior is something you are born with.
What is an inherited behavior?
200
Porcupines can keep predators away by using this adaptation.
What are quills?
300
This vocabulary word means, "to move to a faraway place to survive during a season or certain time of year."
What is migrate.
300
This element of a habitat provides animals with a place to live.
What is shelter.
300
This habitat is really hot and humid. It rains here almost everyday. There are quite a few plants and trees here. The animals use the large leaves on the tree for shelter while it rains.
What is the rainforest.
300
An example of this type of behavior is tying your shoe.
What is a learned behavior?
300
Birds do this when they fly south for the winter.
What is migrate?
400
This vocabulary word means, "anything about an animal that helps it to live in its environment."
What is an adaptation.
400
This element of a habitat provide the animal with enough room to move around.
What is space.
400
This habitat is underwater. You can find octupus, fish and coral in this habitat. These plants and animals can survive in the saltwater of this habitat.
What is the ocean.
400
Complicated, but automatic, inherited behavior that occurs in patterns
What is instinct?
400
Bears, squirrels and groundhogs are examples of animals that do this during the winter.
What is hibernate?
500
This vocabulary word means, "to spend the summer in a deep sleep."
What is estivate.
500
This vocabulary word means a place where an animal finds the food, water and shelter it needs to live.
What is a habitat.
500
This habitat has a lot of trees, plants and animals. The land is typically full of moutains, hills and possibly fields. The weather can be warm or cold. It can also snow here. Foxes and bears can be found in this habitat.
What is the forest.
500
A reflex is this type of behavior.
What is inherited or instinct?
500
Lizards, Snakes, Zebras and Octopus can do this in order to hide from predators.
What is camouflage?