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| a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently |
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| INHERITED (inherited trait) |
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a trait or characteristic passed on to an offspring by a parent
EX. eye color, tongue rolling |
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the things needed to survive in an environment in the most simplest forms;
shelter, food, air, water |
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behavior an animal learns from its parent or environmental surroundings/conditions
EX. dog doing tricks by command |
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| the characteristics of how an animal acts or responds to something |
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| a specific behavior that is inherited |
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| the role each population has in its habitat |
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| series of distinct stages of life that most organisms grow and mature through |
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a change in the shape of charcteristic of an organism's body as it grows.
*complete metamorphosis- 4 stages: egg, larvae,pupae, adult
*incomplete metamorphosis- 3 stages: egg, nymph, adult |
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| a characteristic that helps benefit a specific species or organism |
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| a gas found in the atmosphere necessary to support respiration between plants and animals |
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pure natural resource found within our earth that is inorganic (non-living) containing one element
EX. Salt |
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| the act or process of surviving |
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the process of transferring pollen from one flower to another
* fruit bats, bees both help with pollination |
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| small arthropod animals of the class Insecta, having an adult stage characterized by three pairs of legs and a body segmented into head, thorax, and abdomen and usually having two pairs of wings. Insects include the flies, crickets, mosquitoes, beetles, butterflies, and bees. |
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| warm-blooded vertebrate (backboned) animals where the female contains mammary glands |
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| organism containing a backbone |
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| organism not containing a backbone |
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| fixed in position; not moving |
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| a trait, quality, or feature used to describe an organism |
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| surrounding conditions that affect an organisms way of life |
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| a classification that organizes similar organisms or individuals within a population into a category |
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