Adaptations for Survival

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Adaptations for Survival

• Chapter 8 Vocabulary

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Basic needs

• Food, water, air, and shelter that an organism
  needs to survive

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adaptation

• A body part or behavior that helps an organism
  survive

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camouflage

• A color or shape that helps an animal hide

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instinct

• A behavior that an animal begins life with and
  that helps it meet its needs

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hibernation

• A dormant, inactive state in which normal body
  activities slow

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migration

• The movement of animals from one region to
  another and back

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extinction

• The death of all the members of a certain group
  of organisms