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Adaptation Vocab 7
7th grade adaptation vocabulary Quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Adaptation | an organism that is maintained and evolved by means of natural selection |
| short-term environmental chage | an organism that is maintained and evolved by means of natural selection |
| long-term environmental change | an organism that is maintained and evolved by means of natural selection |
| natural selection | is the gradual process by which biological traits become either more or less common in a population as a function of the effect of inherited traits |
| behavioral adaptation | is characterized as being how an animals acts and behaves in order to stay alive due to its climate |
| structural adaptation | are physical features of an organism such as their shape, body, or any other structure in relation to the body |
| mimicry | is the similarity of one species to another which protects one or both |
| courtship | is the period in a couple's relationship which precedes their engagement and marriage, |
| asexual reproduction | is a mode of reproduction by which offspring arise from a single parent, and inherit the genes of that parent only |
| sexual reproduction | is a process that creates a new organism by combining the genetic material of two organisms |
| selective breeding | is the process by which humans breed other animals and plants for particular traits |
| heterotroph | an organism that cannot fix carbon and uses organic carbon for growth |
| autotroph | an organism that produces complex organic compounds |
| cell parts | |
| primary succession | the process of invasion of a new landscape not previously occupied by plants. |
| secondary succession | process started by an event |