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Module 3 Vocabulary
Vocabulary Traits Module
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Individual | a single organism |
| Growth | an individual getting bigger over time |
| Development | changes in an individual’s characteristics or traits throughout the individual’s life |
| Death | the end of an individual’s life |
| Camouflage | an organism blending in with its surroundings because of its natural coloring or form |
| Birth | the beginning of an individual’s life |
| Advantage | a better position or condition |
| Behavior | the way an organism acts or responds to its environment |
| Inherit | to receive traits from one’s parents |
| Life Cycle | the continuing processes of birth, growth and development, and reproduction of many individuals in a species |
| Mate | the individual with which another individual produces one or more offspring through the process of reproduction |
| Reproduction | the production of offspring by two adult individuals |
| Species | organisms that have the same characteristics and can reproduce with one another |
| Traits | differences in the characteristics of individuals of the same species |
| Unique | one of a kind |
| Variation | differences between individuals in a species |