Adaptations, Inherited Traits, & Learned Behaviors
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- Q 1/16Score 0the organism's role in the environment29habitathibernationadaptationniche
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- Q1the organism's role in the environmenthabitathibernationadaptationniche30s
- Q2the place or environment where an organism naturally livessurvivehabitatfunctionmimicry30s
- Q3the arrangement of parts an organism has such as a duck having wings, webbed feet, and a bill; a body partnichestructurehibernationfunction30s
- Q4what an organism's parts are used for such as wings for flying, a tail for balance, a long beak for growing nectarhabitatstructurefunctionmigration30s
- Q5group of organisms with similar characteristics that allow them to reproduceadaptationspeciesinherited traitcamouflage30s
- Q6any characteristic that helps a plant or animal survive, such as gills for breathing underwater or the spines on a cactus for protectionhabitatadaptationlearned behaviorniche30s
- Q7to spend winter in a dormant state in an enclosed space so that an organism can reduce its bodily functions to save energymigrationadaptationstructurehibernation30s
- Q8when an organism resembles, or looks like, another organism or its surroundings to increase the chances for survivalspeciessurviveshereditymimicry30s
- Q9seasonal movement of animals from one place to another, such as birds flying south for the wintersurvivestructuremigrationniche30s
- Q10to stay alivehabitattraitsurvivestructure30s
- Q11To increase their chances of survival, some organisms blend in with their surrounding environmenthibernationcamouflagelearned behaviorstructure30s
- Q12Animal behavior that develops from observation or instruction rather than being passed down by heredityinstinctsurvivefunctionlearned behavior30s
- Q13a natural pattern of behavior in a species such as birds building nests or tarantulas throwing hair to escape predators; born knowing how to donicheinstincthabitatstructure30s
- Q14A characteristic that is passed from parents to offspring during reproductionlearned behaviormigrationinherited traitadaptation30s
- Q15A specific characteristic of an organismfunctionsurvivetraitstructure30s
