Adaptation and Inherited Characteristics

Multiple Choice

Why do you think animals need to reproduce?

• because it is fun

• to experience it

• to apply what they've learned from their parents

• for them not to be extinct

Multiple Choice

Which one do you think are the fish eggs?

an early type of animal or plant from which others have evolved

​​ancestor

​​breed

a feature or quality belonging typically to a person, animal, or plants to identify them.

​​characteristics

To reproduce with a different breed or variety by allowing two different breeds to produce offspring.

​​cross breeding

​KEYWORDS

a stock of animals or plants within a species having a distinctive appearance and typically having been developed by deliberate selection

having no living members; no longer in existence

​​extinct

​​inherit

a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding

​​species

To reproduce with a different breed or variety by allowing two different breeds to produce offspring.

​​reproduce

​KEYWORDS

derive (a quality, characteristics or trait) genetically from one's parents or ancestors

a different or distinct form or version of animals or plants

​​variation

​​adaptation

the state or fact of continuing to live or exist, typically in spite of an accident, ordeal, or difficult circumstances

​​survival

the remains or impression of a prehistoric plant or animal embedded in rock and preserved in petrified form

​​fossil

​KEYWORDS

the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment