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People are now working hard to protect animals that are in danger. But it can work only if all of you join hands to help. And you should live in ways that don%u2019t harm animal life.SAVE OUR PLANETSAVE ANIMALSArrow-Puffin-4_Semester-1 Science 255Let%u2019s Recall%u00be Animals are grouped according to their habitats as terrestrial, aquatic, amphibians, arboreal and aerial animals.%u00be Animals are divided according to their food habits as herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, scavengers and parasites.%u00be Some animals can protect themselves from their enemies because the colour and shape of their bodies blend with their surroundings.%u00be Many animals are in danger of becoming extinct. You must do your bit to save them.adaptations : changes made in the living organisms to survive in their environmentterrestrial animals : animals that live on landmigration : moving of birds from a colder to a warmer placehibernation : winter sleepdeserts : places with very hot and dry weatheraestivation : summer sleepaquatic animals : animals that live in wateramphibians : animals that live both on land and in waterarboreal animals : animals that live on treesaerial animals : animals that can fly and spend a lot of their time in the airherbivores : plant-eating animalscarnivores : flesh-eating animalsomnivores : animals that eat both plants and animalsscavengers : animals that feed on the flesh of dead animalsparasites : animals that depend on other animals for their food camouflage : to blend with surroundings in order to escape from enemiesendangered animals : animals that are in danger of disappearing from the EarthKey Terms