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Adaptation voc.
science voc.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Adaptation | an inherited trait that helps a species survive in its environment. |
| Physical Characteristics | a feature of an animal that is primarily (mostly) sensory; a trait |
| Acquired Trait | A learned trait (ie. language). It is a result of our environment. |
| Adapt | Development of physical and behavioral characteristics that allow organisms to survive and reproduce in their habitats. |
| Ancestor | a parent organism from which an offspring descended |
| Bipedal | Walking upright(on two feet) |
| Estivation | Similiar to hibernation(shorter duration) |
| Evolution | The process by which life forms change over a number of generations |
| Extinct | No longer existing |
| Gene | basic unit of heredity |
| Hibernation | Sleep like state during which breathing and heart rates slow down |
| Inherited | Passed on genetically or received from an ancestor |
| Inherited Trait | Characteristic resulting from an organism interaction with the environment. |
| migration | movement from one place to another for different part of the year |
| physiological adaption | an adaption that involves a body parts job of controlling a life process |
| primates | an order of mammals in the animal kingdom |
| territory | space that an animal defends or protects against other animals of its own kind. |
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