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Adaptations Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Physical Characteristics | a feature of an animal that is primarily (mostly) sensory; a trait |
| Adaptation | an inherited trait that helps a species survive in it's enviornment |
| inherited | passed on genetically or received from an ancestor |
| physiological adaptation | an adaptation that involves a body parts job of controlling a life process |
| gene | basic unit of heredity |
| acquired trait | learned trait (ie. language). It is a result of our environment |
| inherited trait | characteristic resulting from an organisms interaction with the environment |
| hibernation | sleeplike state during which breathing and heart rates slow down. |
| estivation | similar to hibernation (shorter duration) |
| migration | movement from one place to another for different part of the year |
| territory | space that an animal defends or protects against other animals of it's own kind |
| primates | an order of mammals in the animal kingdom |
| ancestor | a parent organism from which an offspring descended |
| evolution | the process by which life forms change over a number of generations |
| bipedal | walking upright (on two feet) |
| extinct | no longer existing |
| adapt | development of physical and behavioral characteristics that allow organisms to survive and reproduce in thier habitats |
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