What Color Is Camouflage?

1. What Color Is Camouflage? pages 318-339 Vocabulary

2. stalks

3. stalks The cat stalks the mouse, carefully watching and following until he catches it.

4. stalks In the foothills near my house, a mountain lion might be hunting. He stalksacross a dry hillside. His golden fur matches the grass.

5. Stalks means to follow someone or something quietly and carefully in order to catch it.

6. thick et

7. thicket The rabbit dashed into the thicket of greenery and disappeared when it heard our voices.

8. thicket The fawn’s spots match the sun and shade that dapple the thicket where she hides.

9. Thicket means a thick growth of shrubs or bushes.

10. prowl ing

11. prowling Many animals can be found prowling around our neighborhood at night, looking for food.

12. prowling The fawn and the doe, and the prowling lion-each one of these animals is camouflaged.

13. Prowling means moving quietly or secretly.

14. prey

15. prey The hawk found small mice to be tasty prey.

16. prey Camouflage helps an animal hide from enemies, and it can help a hunter sneak up on its prey.

17. Prey is an animal that is hunted by another for food.

18. threat ened

19. threatened The visitors were threatened by the barking dog. They thought the dog might bite them.

20. threatened Certain chameleons, squids, and octopuses can turn different colors in seconds flat. They may change because they feel excited or threatened.

21. Threatened means to feel that you are in danger or harm.

22. pred a tor

23. predator A predator, an animal that hunts another animal for food, can be found in the jungle.

24. predator A flash of bright color may be enough to fool a predator, or to scare it away.

25. A predator is an animal that hunts another animal for food.