Vocab 04.06.18 Flashcards
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Habitat
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A place where a living thing lives.
2
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Adaptation
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A characteristic that helps a living thing survive.
3
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Instinct
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Behaviors that animals know how to do without being taught.
4
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Grassland
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A habitat that receives less rain that forests and has few trees grow in it.
5
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Taiga
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A far northern habitat that has very cold winters and short, warm summers.
6
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Rainforest
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A habitat that is warm and rainy throughout the year and has many tall trees.
7
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Desert
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A place that receives very little rain.
8
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Polar
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A habitat near the North or South Pole, also called the tundra.
9
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Wetland
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An area of land that is covered by a shallow layer of water for most of the year.
10
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Intertidal Zone
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The place where the ocean meets the coast.
