1. O RGANISMS AND A DAPTATIONS V OCABULARY

2. All the living and nonliving things that surround an organism

3. ENVIRONMENT

4. A characteristic or property of an organism

5. TRAIT

6. The coloring or patterns on an animal’s body that allow it to blend in with its environment

7. CAMOUFLAGE

8. The process by which the characteristics of a species change over many generations in response to the environment

9. ADAPTATION

10. When an animal looks like another animal their predators avoid

11. MIMICRY

12. A behavior that is not learned and is an animal’s natural response to a stimulus

13. INSTINCT

14. To reduce body movement during the winter in a effort to conserve energy

15. HIBERNATION

16. An animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal

17. PREY

18. The movement of a group of organisms from one place to another

19. MIGRATION

20. An animal that hunts and eats another animal

21. PREDATOR

22. A process in which an animal’s body undergoes dramatic changes in form during its life cycle

23. METAMORPHOSIS

24. To receive genetic information and traits from a parent or parents

25. INHERIT