Animal Migration Vocabulary - National Geographic...
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Animal Migration VocabularyCut apart each card. Use prefixes, root words, and suffixes to decipher the meaning of each vocabulary term from page 1 and match it to its definition from page 2.
latitudinal migration altitudinal migration reproductive migration
multi-generational migration
removal migration complete migration
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partial migration irruptive migration
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Animal Migration Vocabulary, continued
the movement of animals that do not go back to their original
location
the movement of animals that is
not seasonally or geographically
predictable
the movement of animals to mate or
bear young
the movement of animals up and down in elevation, such as
mountains
some, but not all, members of a species move away from their
normal range in a given season
the movement of different generations of animals between areas
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almost all members of the species leave their normal range during a
specific season
the movement of animals north and
south