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Sci Mod 2
vocabulary for PhD grade 4 module 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| advantage | a better position or condition |
| behavior | the way an organism acts or the way it responds to its environment |
| birth | the beginning of an individual’s life |
| camouflage | an organism blending in with its surroundings because of its natural coloring or form |
| death | the end of an individual’s life |
| development | changes in an individual’s characteristics or traits throughout the individual’s life |
| growth | an individual getting bigger over time |
| individual | a single organism |
| 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 |