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| Questions | Answers |
|---|---|
| The act of deceiving a predator by blending into the environment. | Camouflage |
| A characteristic such as color, body parts, or behavior that makes them more likely to survive in their environment (physical and behavioral) | Adaptations |
| A characteristic that must be contributed by both parents in order to appear in the offspring. | Recessive trait |
| Actions that are taught. | Learned behaviors |
| Instincts. Offspring knows how to act or behave without being shown (Ex. geese migrate) | Inherited behavior |
| Traveling long distances I search of new habitats. | Migration |
| A distinguishing feature or trait. | |
| The work or job a body part does. | Functions |
| The passing of genetic traits from parent organisms to offspring. | Heredity |
| The young of a person, animal, or plant. | Offspring |
| A characteristic that is passed from parents to offspring (Ex. eye color or ear size) | Inherited trait |
| A characteristic that will appear in the offspring if one or both of the parents contributes it. | Dominant trait |