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| An action taken in an environment; the way an organism acts to survive within an environment |
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| A trait that will appear in the offspring if one of the parents contributes it; example: dark hair, brown eyes |
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| A way to identify an animal that eats only plants (herbivores) |
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| Sets of instructions inside a cell that determine physical traits of an organism (what it looks like, etc) |
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| All of the offspring that are from a common ancestor; example: a mother and daughters represent two generations. |
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| The study of heredity and variation in organisms |
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| The passing on of qualities (such as appearance or intelligence) from parents to children |
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| Features (both structural and behavioral) that are passed from parent to offspring through genes; example: eye color, knowing how to breathe, height |
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| A behavioral trait that is inherited from parent to offspring; instincts are not taught; example: pulling hand away from a hot object |
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Learned/Acquired Behavior |
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| Actions that are learned as an organism interacts with the environment; example: walking, talking, hunting |
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| A trait that does not appear in an organism when present with a dominant trait |
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| A way to identify a meat-eating animal (carnivores) |
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