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Animals Vocabulary Maze

Directions:     You must navigate your way through maze. Using the clues, spell out the words in order. Start from the letter marked "START". Make your way through the maze until you reach the letter in BOLD LETTER. The clues at the bottom of the puzzle are in the same order as they words appear in the maze. You can move up, down, left, right, and diagonally to spell out the words.

 
  U D A P B C A M I P Y L F K L F S L E Q F Q N K
START
A H A L T M O A T G Y G V A P R X K Y Z U M K B
  X E B A F U B D J E G A J M E C G V W V P F V V
  E I G S Q Q S E M E V N J D B Y P H R L T A C W
  E R T O X B E Q N Z O U W W I K W O X H L L U E
  K I A B R A O I Q G Q G I Q P F G Y P V D X W F
  S I T O Q P W C U J I Q P L L Y M P H O K D W X
  T E X G A G P F X X R X E J W I L D U R G R W I
  S C O S O S I Q T L U L P F Z W P D W W O P N O
  I S T A M H J I A T L E Z W P S X R O D E Z V S
  Y S Y M M V T V G C C H E R Z X W D J N G Q K F
  D P T E M K J V K M U O A W I R J Q H H G G X H
  I I E F A S J Z C H M Z N H H Z K Q R M Y Q L A
  B E L W P L M A K T O U R K B N D J P L X H H W
  V G E S P M R I D X I R Q P I H W H Z Z H O Z K
  D R A F B R A E E C E R P V D H L R A N X S C G
  I C B R H M P E P Y E O T F X Y E O L Y P N G Z
  B N I N I H L I T V O X T I M T R V T V M N A Q
  L A L B I N E H R X I R J A N B T O I R O I H D
  R A N V O R M Q E B E P R E D C M N K L S Y K D
CLUE :
1. THE ABILITY OF AN ANIMAL TO CHANGE ITS BEHAVIOR AND CHARACTERISTICS IN ORDER TO SURVIVE IN ITS ENVIRONMENT. 2. THE NATURAL COLORATION AND/OR MARKINGS OF AN ANIMAL THAT ALLOW IT TO VISUALLY BLEND IN WITH ITS SURROUNDINGS, HELPING IT TO AVOID DETECTION BY PREDATORS OR POTENTIAL PREY.
3. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NATIVE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH AN ANIMAL NORMALLY LIVES. 4. THE INTERACTION OF ORGANISMS WITH THEIR IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENT OR HABITAT THAT PROVIDES A FUNCTIONAL, BENEFICIAL, AND SELF-SUSTAINING CO-EXISTENCE.
5. A CLASSIFICATION OF WARM-BLOODED, VERTEBRATE ANIMALS THAT HAVE HAIR OR FUR AND ARE USUALLY LIVE-BEARERS INSTEAD OF LAYING EGGS. 6. A CLASSIFICATION OF COLD-BLOODED, VERTEBRATE ANIMALS THAT USUALLY HAVE SCALES AND LAY EGGS; COMMON MEMBERS INCLUDE SNAKES, LIZARDS, ALLIGATORS, AND TURTLES.
7. A CLASSIFICATION OF COLD-BLOODED, VERTEBRATE ANIMALS THAT USUALLY HAVE SMOOTH SKIN AND SPEND THE FIRST STAGES OF THEIR LIFE AS AQUATIC ANIMALS WITH GILLS. 8. A CLASSIFICATION OF VERTEBRATE ANIMALS THAT ARE WARM-BLOODED, FEATHERED, AND LAY EGGS.
9. THE TERM USED TO DESCRIBE ANIMALS THAT PRIMARILY EAT MEAT. 10. THE TERM USED TO DESCRIBE ANIMALS THAT PRIMARILY EAT PLANTS.
11. AN ANIMAL THAT HUNTS OR ATTACKS ANOTHER ANIMAL AS A FOOD SOURCE. 12. AN ANIMAL THAT IS HUNTED BY ANOTHER ANIMAL AS A FOOD SOURCE.
13. AN ANIMAL THAT IS NOT FOUND LOCALLY IN THE WILD AND IS USUALLY BROUGHT IN FROM A FOREIGN LOCATION. 14. A SPECIES OF ANIMAL THAT NO LONGER EXISTS.
15. THE TERM USED TO DESCRIBE ANIMALS THAT EAT BOTH PLANTS AND MEAT.

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