MS-LS4-4 Natural Selection and adaptation vocabulary

group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding (mating to create living offspring)

• variation

• trait

• species

• learned behavior

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

structural adaptation that enables one species to resemble (look like) another species

• environment

• instinct

• predator

• mimicry

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

structural adaptation that enables species to blend in with their surroundings

• camouflage

• fitness

• prey

• hibernation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

the fight or struggle for resources between two or more populations of organisms

• extinct

• competition

• adaptation

• environment

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

a measure of an organism’s ability to survive and produce offspring relative to other members of a population

• fitness

• trait

• adaptation

• species

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

inherited trait that is selected for over time because it allows organisms to better survive in their environment

• mimicry

• adaptation

• environment

• migration

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

differences in physical traits of an individual from the group to which it belongs

• competition

• instinct

• variation

• prey

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

a feature or characteristic of an organism, determined by its genes

• predator

• species

• mimicry

• trait

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

the intentional mating of animals in an attempt to produce offspring (children) with chosen desirable traits or in order to eliminate a negative trait (sometimes referred to as artificial selection)

• selective breeding

• behavioral adaptation

• competition

• hibernation

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

the surroundings or conditions in which an animal or plant lives or operates

• learned behavior

• camouflage

• environment

• hibernation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-5