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Week 24 03/23
Term | Definition |
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Competition | Organisms fight against another species to reach a goal, usually to survive or reproduce |
Nocturnal | Active at night and sleeps in the day |
Camouflage | To blend in to one's surroundings |
Vegetation | All the plant life in an ecosystem |
Migration | The seasonal movement of animals from one place to another |
Hibernation | An animals body processes slowing down for survival in extreme conditions |
Mimicry | To pretend to be or look like another organism for protection or to prey on other organisms |
Interdependence | The living things depending on each other for survival |
Offspring | New organisms that come from a parent organism |
Life Cycle | The stages of growth and development that an organism goes through during its lifetime |
Adaptation | A characteristic that helps an organism survive in its environment |
Role | The part an organism plays, its position or duty |
Inherited Traits | A characteristic that is passed from parents to offspring |
Heredity | The concept of the passing of physical characteristics from parents to their offspring |
Instinct | A behavior an animal does without being taught |
Learned Behaviors | A characteristic that an organism learns by observing other organisms |
Overpopulation | A population that is greater than the resources available in an ecosystem |
Structural Adaptation | Physical features of an organism (fur) |