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MR V LS.7b & LS.11

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ECOSYSTEM A FUNDAMENTAL UNIT WHERE LIVING ORGANISMS (BIOTIC FACTORS) INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH THEIR NONLIVING PHYSICAL SURROUNDINGS (ABIOTIC FACTORS, LIKE SOIL, WATER, SUNLIGHT) AS A SELF-SUSTAINING SYSTEM, DEMONSTRATING ENERGY FLOW AND NUTRIENT CYCLING
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS THE OBSERVABLE TRAITS (LIKE SHAPE, COLOR, SIZE, STRUCTURE) AND INHERENT FEATURES ( LIKE CELLULAR MAKEUP, METABOLISM, REPRODUCTION).
BEHAVIORAL CHARACTERISTICS THE OBSERVABLE PATTERNS OF ACTIONS AND REACTIONS EXHIBITED BY A WHOLE LIVING ORGANISM (INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP) IN RESPONSE TO INTERNAL AND/OR EXTERNAL STIMULI.
PHYSICAL ADAPTATIONS A SPECIAL, INHERITED BODY PART OR FEATURE ( LIKE SHARP CLAWS, THICK FUR, OR A GIRAFFE'S LONG NECK) THAT HELPS AN ORGANISM SURVIVE, FIND FOOD, OR REPRODUCE IN ITS SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENT, EVOLVING OVER MANY GENERATIONS TO BETTER SUIT ITS HABITAT.
BEHAVIORAL ADAPTATIONS AN ACTION OR RESPONSE AN ORGANISM TAKES TO IMPROVE ITS SURVIVAL AND REPRODUCTION IN ITS ENVIRONMENT.
LEARNED BEHAVIORS ANY ACTION OR RESPONSE AN ORGANISM DEVELOPS THROUGH EXPERIENCE, OBSERVATION, OR PRACTICE, RATHER THAN BEING GENETICALLY HARDWIRED (INNATE).
HIBERNATION A STATE OF DEEP, PROLONGED INACTIVITY AND METABOLIC DEPRESSION (TORPOR) IN ANIMALS, ESPECIALLY MAMMALS, TO SURVIVE WINTER SCARCITY BY DRASTICALLY LOWERING BODY TEMPERATURE, HEART RATE, BREATHING, AND METABOLISM, CONSERVING ENERGY THROUGH FAT RESERVES.
ESTIVATION A DORMANT STATE ANIMALS ENTER TO SURVIVE EXTREME HEAT, DROUGHT, AND FOOD SCARCITY.
DORMACY A TEMPORARY STATE OF GREATLY REDUCED METABOLIC ACTIVITY, GROWTH, AND PHYSICAL FUNCTION IN AN ORGANISM.
MUTATION ANY PERMANENT ALTERATION TO AN ORGANISM'S DNA OR RNA SEQUENCE.
ADAPTATION A HELPFUL, INHERITED TRAIT (STRUCTUAL, BEHAVIORAL, OR PHYSIOLOGICAL) THAT INCREASES AN ORGANISM'S CHANCE OF SURVIVAL AND REPRODUCTION IN ITS SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENT.
NATURAL SELECTION THE PROCESS WHERE ORGANISMS BETTER ADAPTED TO THEIR ENVIRONMENT ARE MORE LIKELY TO SURVIVE, REPRODUCE, AND PASS THOSE ADVANTAGEOUS TRAITS (GENES) TO THEIR OFFSPRING, CAUSING SPECIES TO GRADUALLY CHANGE (EVOLVE) OVER GENERATIONS TO BETTER FIT THEIR SURROUN
HABITAT THE NATURAL HOME OR ENVIRONMENT OF AN ANIMAL, PLANT, OR OTHER ORGANISM.
FOSSILS ANY PRESERVED REMAINS OR TRACES OF ANCIENT LIFE, SUCH AS A PLANT OR ANIMAL.
FOSSIL RECORD THE COLLECTION OF ALL FOSSILS, OR PRESERVED REMAINS OF PAST LIFE, ARRANGED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER TO SHOW HOW LIFE ON EARTH HAS CHANGED OVER TIME.
EXTINCTION THE COMPLETE AND PERMANENT DISSAPPEARANCE OF A SPECIES FROM EARTH.
POPULATIONS A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS OF THE SAME SPECIES LIVING IN THE SAME AREA AT THE SAME TIME, CAPABLE OF BREEDING AND INTERACTING WITH EACH OTHER AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT, INFLUENCING FACTORS LIKE GROWTH, DENSITY, AND SURVIVAL.
EVOLUTION THE GRADUAL CHANGE IN THE HERITABLE TRAITS (GENES) OF BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS OVER SUCCESSIVE GENERATIONS, LEADING TO THE DIVERSITY OF LIFE ON EARTH, PRIMARILY DRIVEN BY NATURAL SELECTION WHERE ADVANTAGEOUS TRAITS BECOME MORE COMMON.
GENETIC VARIATION THE DIFFERENCE IN DNA SEQUENCES AMONG INDIVIDUALS IN A POPULATION, LEADING TO DIVERSE TRAITS LIKE EYE COLOR, HEIGHT, OR DISEASE RESISTANCE.
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST ORGANISMS BEST ADAPTED (FIT) TO THEIR ENVIRONMENT ARE MORE LIKELY TO SURVIVE AND REPRODUCE, PASSING ON THOSE HELPFUL TRAITS.
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