WILD ZOO FACTS
🔑 Vocabulary Match-Up

Words to Know

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Write the letter of the correct meaning next to each word.

Words
  1. 1bioluminescence
  2. 2camouflage
  3. 3mimicry
  4. 4venom
  5. 5poison
  6. 6regenerate
  7. 7adaptation
  8. 8predator
  9. 9prey
  10. 10nocturnal
  11. 11exoskeleton
  12. 12transparent
Meanings
  1. A.To regrow a body part that was lost or damaged.
  2. B.Blending in with your surroundings so you're really hard to spot.
  3. C.See-through — you can see right through it.
  4. D.An animal that gets hunted and eaten by a predator.
  5. E.Awake and active at night, and asleep during the day.
  6. F.Something harmful if you touch or eat it. (Venom is injected; poison is touched or eaten.)
  7. G.A poison an animal pushes into you by biting or stinging.
  8. H.An animal that hunts and eats other animals.
  9. I.Copying the look of something else to trick other animals.
  10. J.When a living thing makes its own light — like a built-in glow.
  11. K.A special body part or behaviour that helps an animal survive where it lives.
  12. L.A hard skeleton on the OUTSIDE of the body, like a bug's shell.
🔑 Teacher answer key

1-J · 2-B · 3-I · 4-G · 5-F · 6-A · 7-K · 8-H · 9-D · 10-E · 11-L · 12-C

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