Vocabulary

Vocabulary =Click on any of the vocabulary words below to hear them pronounced and used in a sentence. = ||  || =   = || Definitions courtesy: http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/free-lesson-plans/animal-instincts.cfm
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** Definition: **The lair of a wild, usually predatory, animal.
 * [[image:http://static.discoveryeducation.com/icon/byfriendly/small/audio.png width="20" height="20" caption="speaker" link="http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/vocab/animalinstincts/den.aiff"]] || ** den ** ||
 * Context: **When a bear begins to be lethargic, it will search for an area sheltered from the weather to make a den.

** Definition: **To pass the winter in a resting state.
 * [[image:http://static.discoveryeducation.com/icon/byfriendly/small/audio.png width="20" height="20" caption="speaker" link="http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/vocab/animalinstincts/hibernation.aiff"]] || ** hibernation ** ||
 * Context: **Hibernation occurs when an animal remains inactive to save energy through the harsh winter.

** Definition: **To return accurately to one's home or natal area from a distance.
 * [[image:http://static.discoveryeducation.com/icon/byfriendly/small/audio.png width="20" height="20" caption="speaker" link="http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/vocab/animalinstincts/homing.aiff"]] || ** homing ** ||
 * Context: **Polar bears are born with a homing instinct that always helps them find the most direct way home.

** Definition: **A natural or inherent aptitude, impulse, or capacity.
 * [[image:http://static.discoveryeducation.com/icon/byfriendly/small/audio.png width="20" height="20" caption="speaker" link="http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/vocab/animalinstincts/instinct.aiff"]] || ** instinct ** ||
 * Context: **For proboscis monkeys, excellent swimming is an instinct, or a behavior that an organism is born with.

** Definition: **A behavior that an organism must learn.
 * [[image:http://static.discoveryeducation.com/icon/byfriendly/small/audio.png width="20" height="20" caption="speaker" link="http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/vocab/animalinstincts/learnedbehavior.aiff"]] || ** learned behavior ** ||
 * Context: **For orangutans, building a nest correctly is a learned behavior, or a behavior that an organism must learn.

** Definition: **The act of moving from one country, place, or locality to another.
 * [[image:http://static.discoveryeducation.com/icon/byfriendly/small/audio.png width="20" height="20" caption="speaker" link="http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/vocab/animalinstincts/migration.aiff"]] || ** migration ** ||
 * Context: **Animals such as humpback whales and monarch butterflies go through a yearly migration, temporarily changing their habitat in order to survive.