Life science vocabulary flashcards

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Acquired traits

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Traits that develop AFTER birth

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Adaptations

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Special features of a living thing that help it survive

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Behavioral adaptation

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Changes that affect how organisms act

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DNA

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Tells the bodies of organisms how to grow

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Extinct

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Describes when there are no living members of a species

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Fossil

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The remains of a dead organism that have been buried

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Fossil record

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All the fossils that have been found on the Earth along with their relative ages

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Habitat

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A physical place where an organism lives

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Heredity

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When parents pass along traits to offspring

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Index fossils

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Prehistoric organism whose characteristic is used to date other fossils