Adaptations

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Adaptation

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A form or structure modified to fit a changed environment

Relates to K2 because it has to do with adaptations

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Survival of the fittest

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A19th century concept of human society, inspired by the principle of natural selection, postulating that those who are eliminated in the struggle for existence are the unfit

Relates to K5 because it has to do with survival of the fittest

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Natural selection

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The process by which forms of life having traits that better enable them to adapt to specific environmental pressures, as predators, changes in climate, or competition for food or mates, will tend to survive and reproduce in greater numbers than others of their kind, thus ensuring the perpetuation of those favorable traits in succeeding generations

Relates to K5 because it talks about survival of the fittest leading to natural selection

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Genetic Mutation

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Diseases caused by alterations to genes within DNA. Can be environmental factors (smoking) or inherited at birth (hemophilia)

Relates to K4 because it is genetic mutations

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Charles Darwin

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Person who figured out the theory of evolution

Has to do with K4 because he believed all organisms are different

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Variation

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A different form of something; variant.

Relates to K4 because genetic mutation and variation are related

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Competition

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The struggle among organisms, both of the same and of different species, for food, space, and other vital requirements

Relates to K5 because survival of the fittest involves competition

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Behavioral Adaptation

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Behavioral adaptations are traits that are passed down through animals that improve the animal's ability to survive in a certain environment

Relates to K2 because it involves Behavioral Adaptations

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Instincts

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An inborn pattern of activity or tendency to action common to a given biological species

Relates to K2 because instincts are apart of behavioral adaption

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Dispersal

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Dispersal refers to both the movement of individuals (animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, etc)

Relates to K3 because seed dispersal has to do with dispersal

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Tropism

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An orientation of an organism to an external stimulus, as light, especially by growth rather than by movement

Relates to K5 because tropism is apart of natural selection

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Gravitropism

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Directional growth of a plant organ in response to a gravitational field roots grow downwards, shoots grow upwards. Achieved by differential growth on the sides of the root or shoot

Relates to K5 because gravitropism is apart of natural selection

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Phototropism

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Phototropic tendency or growth

Relates to K5 because phototropism is apart of natural selection

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Dormancy

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The state of being dormant

Relates to K2 because dormancy is apart of behavioral adaptation

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Structural Adaptation

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Structural adaptations are physical features of an organism

Relates to K2 because it involves Structural Adaptations

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Camouflage

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The means by which animals escape the notice of predators, usually because of a resemblance to their surroundings: includes cryptic and apathetic coloration

Relates to K2 because it involves Structural Adaptations

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Mimicry

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The close external resemblance of an organism, the mimic, to some different organism, the model, such that the mimic benefits from the mistaken identity, as seeming to be unpalatable or harmful

Relates to K2 because it is a Structural Adaptation

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Habitat

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The environment in which an animal or plant normally lives or grows

Relates to K5 because building a habitat is apart of survival of the fittest

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Migration

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Seasonal or periodic movement of animals in response to changes in climate or food availability, or to ensure reproduction

Relates to K2 because it is a behavioral adaptation

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Hibernation

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Adaptive winter survival technique where animal becomes inactive and all body processes slow down

Relates to K2 because it is a behavioral adaptation