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Vocabulary Quiz #19
Term | Definition |
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Species | A group of organisms of the same kind that can produce offspring like themselves |
Community | All of the populations living together in the same environment |
Niche | The role or job and organism plays in its environment |
Competition | Organisms fight against another species to reach a goal, usually to survive or reproduce |
Role | The part it plays, its position or duty |
Offspring | New organisms that come from a parent organism |
Inherited Traits | A characteristic that is passed from parents to offspring ( Hair color, eye color, skin tone |
Heredity | The passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring |
Instinct | A behavior an animal does without being taught ( migration, hibernation, building a nest, spinning a web) |
Learned Behaviors | A characteristic that an organism learns by observing other organisms (reading, playing sports, dancing, having nice manners) |