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Acquired Traits
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Abilities that are helpful to an organism but are not passed on from a parent.
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Example: Large muscle developed by training for a sport or event.
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Allele
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A letter that represents a genetic trait and a member of a pair of genes on a chromosome. Written in pairs and used in Punnett Squares.
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Amphibian
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A cold-blooded vertebrate tha is born under water, using its gills to breathe, then spend the rest of its life on land, using lungs to breathe.
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Example: Frogs, toads, newts, salamanders
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Anther
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The part of a flower that produces and containts pollen.
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Anaphase
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The state of mitosis and meiosis when the chromosomes are seperated from each other.
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Biome
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A large geographical area of Earth's surface that has a certain set of characteristics.
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Example: Tundra, taiga, grassland, fresh water, salt water, deciduous forest, desert, tropical rainforest.
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Camouflage
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An adaptation that helps and animal blend into its surrounding and helps ti avoid predators.
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Example: The arctic fox has white fur in the winter and brown fur in the summer.
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Carbon (Dioxide) Cyle
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The way in wihich carbon (in the form of carbon dioxide) is removed from the atmoshphere by living things and ultimately return to the atmosphere.
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