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Characteristics Test 2 (Lesson 2, 4, 3, 5, 10, 11)
Term | Definition |
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Behavioral characteristic | Behaviors an animal displays that are related to how the animal responds to its environment. |
Physical characteristic | Physical appearances and body structures that are related to how an animal meets needs in its environment. |
Anatomical features | Physical structures that make up an organism. |
Basic survival needs | Air, water, food, shelter, and warmth |
Habitat | The arrangement of food, water, shelter, and space needed to survive. |
Environmental factors | conditions that affect the development of organisms. Factors such as: living/nonliving things, weather, water, light, air, & pollutants. |
catastrophic event | A NATURAL occurrence that causes destruction and environmental change. |
Environmental change | A natural OR man-made occurrence that causes destruction and environmental change. |