Vocabulary 11 Quiz

________________________________ is any trait that helps an organism to survive and reproduce.

________________________________ is an unusual reproductive mechanism of an organism that makes it better suited to its environment.

________________________________ is a bodily structure or coloration that helps an organism survive in its environment.

________________________________ are ways an organism acts to help it survive in its environment.

________________________________ is the state of inactivity and metabolic decline that occurs in endotherms.

________________________________ refers to movement in response to a stimulus.

________________________________ is the movement of organisms from one area to another, usually as result of changing seasons.

________________________________ is prolonged torpor or dormancy of an animal during a hot or dry period.

________________________________ is the instinct of a newborn to nurse from its mother.

_______________________________ is the process of classifying organisms based on shared characteristics.