Adaptations and Survival Flashcards

Grade 3 · Science · Flashcards

Review the key vocabulary words for how living things adapt to survive in their environments.

Flashcards

Adaptation: A body feature or behavior that helps a living thing survive and reproduce in its environment.
Physical adaptation: A structural body part that helps an organism survive, such as a bird's beak shape or a fish's fins.
Behavioral adaptation: An action or behavior that helps an animal survive, such as migrating or hibernating.
Camouflage: An adaptation that allows an organism to blend into its surroundings to avoid detection.
Mimicry: An adaptation where one species closely resembles another species to gain a survival advantage.
Hibernation: A state of reduced activity and metabolism that some animals enter during winter to conserve energy.
Migration: The seasonal movement of animals from one region to another to find food, warmth, or breeding grounds.
Predator: An animal that hunts and eats other animals for food.
Prey: An animal that is hunted and eaten by a predator.
Natural selection: The process by which organisms with helpful traits are more likely to survive and pass those traits to their offspring.
Habitat: The natural environment where an organism lives and finds everything it needs to survive.
Survival: The ability of a living thing to stay alive and reproduce in its environment.
Blubber: A thick layer of fat under the skin of animals like whales and seals that keeps them warm in cold water.