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Gr.5 Evolution/Trait
Species Adaptation and Survival
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Adaptation | A physical trait that allows an organism to survive in their environment. Such a fur on a bear for warmth in the winter months. |
| Instinctual Behavior | An inherited behavior that is done automatically. |
| Learned Behavior | Learning a behavior, such a learning how to swim, can help an animal survive in their environment. This type of behavior can become a habit. |
| Habitual Behavior | A repeated behavior, such as a bird returning to a bird feeder to get food, can help an animal survive in their environment. |
| Fossils | Proof or evidence about how living things and environmental conditions have changed. |
| Catastrophic Events | Volcanic eruptions, tsunami, tornado, earthquake, floods, asteroid impact can all cause the elimination of species due to changes in environmental conditions. |
| Camouflage | The ability to blend in with the environment to protect from being hunted or to hunt for food. |
| Evolve | To change over time; like a tadpole changes into a frog over time. |
| Disruptive Coloration | A pattern that makes it hard to see the outline of an object, like the black and white pattern of a zebra helps the species to blend in the background. |
| Predator | The species that hunts in a relationship, like a lion is the predator of a gazelle or zebra. |
| Countershading | A mixture of two colors to blend in with the surrounding environment. Like the black and white color of a penguin. Above, the black color allows the penguin to blend in with dark water. Below, the white color helps the penguin blend in with the sky. |
| Chromatophores | Specialized skin cells that allow the species to blend in - like a chameleon turns green to blend in with grass. |
| Mood | Using color changing abilities to communicate an emotion. Like an iguana may turn red and orange to show anger. |
| Migration | To move where the climate is warmer or to a location where more food is available.For example, monarch butterflies migrate from Michigan to Mexico during winter months. |
| Habit | Performing the same behavior over and over to survive better; like writing in your assignment notebook to remember to do your homework makes you a better student. |
| Hibernation | A state of dormancy or rest for a season where the bodies activities slow down. Wasps hibernate in the winter months in their nest. |
| Dormancy | To be sleeping or like falling asleep. |
| Metabolism | The process of breaking down food for energy; like eating breakfast and having the energy to get through your morning. |
| Cellular | Made up of cells, like tissues are made of cells. |
| Endangered | Very few numbers of a species in existence. |
| Hybrid | Living things that have parents that are quite different from each other, such as donkeys and horses. |
| Crossbreeding | A process where closing related living things are mated to create a new species. |
| Habitat | A home for an organism. |
| Predator | The organism that eats prey. |
| Mimicry | In nature, when a species looks like something else. |
| Diversity | Variety. In the animal kingdom, this refers to a group of the same kind of animal in which there are lots of animals with different traits (like dogs, cats, etc..) |
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salleyj
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