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- adaptations - to adjust to environmental changes
- biodiversity - the number of different living organisms that can be found within an area
- camouflage - a false appearance or disguise
- classification - to arrange into classes or groups
- conservation - the act of preserving resources from decay, loss, or injury
- endangered - organisms that are very few in number and may soon be completely
gone
- extinct - no longer found on earth
- geographic - dealing with the earth's natural features
- habitat - the place where an organism lives
- indigenous - native to an area; originates in
- migration - the act of moving from one place to another
- mimicry - a defense used by organisms in which develop a likeness to
their predators
- offspring - young plants or animals
- organism - any living thing
- preservation - the act of keeping from injury or decay
- protective coloration - coloration that shields an organism from harm
- reproduction - the act of producing young
- species - a group of organisms that have similar characteristics
- threatened - see endangered
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