Adaptations
What is an adaptation?
An animal changes over time in order to survive.
What is a classification?
The process of grouping things based on their similarities.
What is a food chain?
Who eats who in an ecosystem to obtain nutrients and energy in order to live.
What is a biome?
The world is divided into large areas of similar ecosystems.
What does migration mean?
When animals travel long trips to find warmer weather and a better food supply.
What are the gills on a fish used for?
To breathe underwater.
What does hibernation mean?
When an animal sleeps during the cold days of winter.
How do feathers help birds?
Keeps them warm
Helps them fly
and/or
Camouflage and disguise them
What does it mean if an animal camouflages itself?
The animal is able to blend in with its surroundings.
What does it mean to be warm blooded?
Body temperature stays the same when it is cold or hot outside.
What animal defends itself with chemicals?
a skunk
What does it mean to be cold blooded?
Their body temperature depends on whether it is cold or hot outside.