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7th - Ch. 5 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adaptation | inheritance of traits that allow an organism to survive in a particular environment |
| evolution | change in a species over time |
| naturalist | a person who studies the natural world including plants, rocks, and animals |
| natural selection | the process by which organisms, with traits that help them adapt to a changing environment, are able to successfully reproduce |
| behavioral adaptation | an adaptation in which a specific action, such as nest building, allows a species to survive in its environment |
| camouflage | a structural adaptation that allows an organism to blend in with its surroundings |
| extinct | no longer existing |
| mimicry | an adaptation that allows one species to look like or act like another species in order to fool a third species |
| structural adaptation | an adaptation that is expressed in a physical body structure |