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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