Vocabulary: Inherited Traits and Learned Behavior

Characteristics passed down from parents to offspring

• migration

• inherited traits

• structure

• learned behavior

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behaviors that are learned or acquired

• hibernation

• inherited traits

• structure

• learned behavior

a state of deep sleep

• hibernation

• inherited traits

• structure

• learned behavior

the seasonal movement of animals from one place to another

• dormancy

• adaptation

• migration

• function

a period in the life of an organism when growth and development temporarily stops

• dormancy

• adaptation

• migration

• function

behaviors that are inherited

• dormancy

• instinctive behaviors

• learned behaviors

• function

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a change an organism undergoes in order to survive; a characteristic or feature that helps an organism survive

• structure

• instinctive behaviors

• adaptation

• function

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the body part or plant part that helps an organism survive

• structure

• instinctive behaviors

• adaptation

• function

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what the structure does to help the organism survive

• structure

• instinctive behaviors

• adaptation

• function

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