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TEKS 5.13A
Structure and Function
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adaptation | a special feature or behavior that helps a living thing survive in its environment. |
| ecosystem | a community of living organisms interacting with the nonliving parts of their environment. |
| environment | all the living and nonliving things that surround an organism. |
| function | the specific job or purpose that a body part or structure has to help an organism survive. |
| organism | any individual living thing, such as a plant, animal, or fungus. |
| species | a group of living things that are closely related and can produce offspring together. |
| structure | a physical part of an organism's body, like a beak, claw, or leaf. |
| structural adaptation | a physical body part or feature that helps an organism survive in its environment, like a duck's webbed feet or a cactus's sharp spines. |