Vocabulary
Prefixes and Suffixes
Adaptations
Life Cycles
Hodge Podge
100
Animals hidden by its shapes, patterns, or colors
What is camouflage?
100
Some insects hatch from eggs looking very similar to an adult; this is an example of ________________ metamorphosis.
What is incomplete?
100
Name one adaptation a cheetah had to catch its prey
What is sharp teeth, sharp claws, runs quickly?
100
Most insects go through _______________ as they develop into adults.
What is metamorphosis?
100
How does the eagle's beak help it eat food?
Helps to tear the meat of its prey.
200
Any trait that helps a living thing survive.
What is a adaptation?
200
To have babies or young
What is reproduce?
200
The adapatation a horse has to help it grind its food.
What are flat teeth?
200
The first stage in the life cycle of insects, reptiles, birds, amphibians, and some fish.
What are eggs?
200
To catch prey by blending in with the environment
What is camouflage?
300
The second stage in a complete metamorphosis.
What is larva?
300
A ___________ animal will copy another animal to survive, this is known as mimicry.
What is harmless?
300
Defense adaptations help animals defend themselves from predators. Name one animal and how it defends itself from predators.
What is a skunk who sprays when it is in danger? What is a porcupine who "throws" quills when in danger?
300
Explain the life cycle of a mammal.
What is newborn (born live), young mammal (taken care of by parents), adult mammal (find a mate and reproduce)?
300
______ allow tadpoles to breathe under water.
What are gills?
400
A larva turns into this; the third stage of a complete metamorphosis.
What is pupa?
400
An __________________ frog is known as a tadpole.
What is immature?
400
Hiding by shape, color, or patterns
What is camouflage?
400
Describe the life cycle of a frog.
What is begin as eggs, hatch into tadpoles, become immature frogs with a tail and legs, adult frog?
400
A porcupine's quills is an example of how the porcupine ________________ itself from other animals.
What is defends?
500
A major change in the body form of an animal during its life cycle.
What is metamorphosis?
500
Locate and define the word with a prefix in this sentence: An arctic hare relocated to the dessert would not survive because it would get too hot.
What is relocated? It means to move to a different place.
500
Imitating other animals to survive.
What is mimicry?
500
The reason children look similar to their parents.
What are characteristics are passed on, genes, inherit traits?
500
Camouflage, mimicry, defense, and staying alive are different examples of ___________________.
What are adaptations?