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Science 7th
Adaptations Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Short-term Environmental Change | Occurs as a result of a catastrophic event or other environmental change |
Natural Selection | The process where organisms with the best suited traits survive and reproduce and pass their successful traits to their offspring |
Adaptation | a physical structure, behavior, or skill that provides an organism a better chance at surviving and reproducing |
Selective Breeding | process of breeding plants and animals for particular genetic traits |
Long Term Environmental Change | Occurs as a result of a change that happens over centuries or millions of years |
Behavioral Adaptations | behaviors which allow organism to survive and reproduce |
Sexual reproduction | requires two parents genetic material to reproduce |
Asexual reproduction | requires one parent and can reproduce a lot of offspring in a short amount of time |
Structural Adaptation | physical features of an organism that allow them to survive in an area successfully |
Mimicry | Imitating other objects around it |
Courtship | the period during which a couple develop a romantic relationship |