Vocabulary: Adaptations

A single living thing

• species

• organism

• life cycle

To be alive

• migrations

• life cycle

• survival

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A behavior or way of doing something that increases an organism's chances for survival in its environment.

• behavioral adaptation

• structural adaptation

• learned behavior

The physical surroundings of an organism.

• survival

• community

• environment

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The purpose of job that a body part has.

• function

• structure

• adapt

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A physical feature that helps a species to survive

• behavioral adaptation

• structure

• structural adaptation

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The system of interactions between living things and the environment.

• ecosystem

• environment

• migration

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When an organism's structures look similar to another organism; this often results in a better chance of survival

• migration

• mimicry

• instinct

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A physical feature of an organism.

• inherited trait

• mimicry

• structure

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The act of blending in with the environment so that it is difficult to be seen.

• camouflage

• mimicry

• migration

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