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24 Cards in this Set
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Animals and plants inherit _______________ from their parents. |
characteristics |
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These special characteristics that are inherited help plants and animals |
survive |
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a physical feature or behavior that helps an organism survive in its environment |
adaption. |
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everything that surrounds a living thing |
environment |
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what can adaptations help animals |
get food protect it from predators warn other animal that it is poisonous. |
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state of rest that help some animal survive low temperatures |
hibernation |
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flower of a bee orchid looks like a |
bee |
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bee orchid's looks helps it |
attract insects |
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cactus plants live in the |
desert |
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cactus have tiny needle like leaves and a think waxy coating on their stem that keeps them |
from drying out |
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qualities that an orqganism has |
charactertistics |
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passing of characteristics from parent to offspring |
heredity |
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receive characteristics from an organism's parents |
inherit
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general coat pattern of a zebra is shared by zebras of the same |
kind |
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pattern of each individual zebra is |
different |
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competition occurs when two or more living things need |
the same resources in order to survive |
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characteristic that can help an individual compete |
advantage |
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ways animals act |
behaviors |
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every behavior is caused by a |
stimulus |
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something that causes a reaction in living things |
stimulus |
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some behaviors are responses to stimuli in the ? |
environment responses to stimuli inside and animal such as hunger |
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a behavior that is inherited |
instinct |
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examples of instinctive behaviors are |
migration, hibernation, protective behavior (blinking when something moves toward your eye) |
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when behaviors develop as a result of training or changes in experience such as a small child touching something hot |
learned behavior |
