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Week 24 03/23
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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) |