Adaptations

1. v: to hunt and eat other animals. n: an animal eaten by another animal
3. the place where an animal lives
6. The world's major communities, classified according to the predominant vegetation and characterized by adaptation of organisms to that particular environment.
7. taking care of our environment by wisely managing its resources
8. a unit of plants, animals, and nonliving components of an environment that interact.
11. anything an animal does involving action and/or response to stimulation.
13. an animal that hunts other animals
14. the total surroundings and forces that act upon a living thing.
15. an animal with a backbone
17. any body part, behavior, or physiological capability that increases an animal's ability to survive in its environment.

2. species a species of plant or animal of which numbers are decreasing at an alarming rate and is threatened with extinction by human-made or natural changes in the environment.
4. dark and light colors are a form of camouflage.
5. an animal that eats only plants
7. ration that blends in with the surrounding environment.
9. an animal with no backbone
10. an animal that eats only animals
12. an animal that eats both plants and animals
16. no longer existing on the Earth.