Unit 5 Plant and Animal Adaptations Vocabulary

What is a change in structure or habits (behavior), often hereditary, by which an organism improves its condition in relationship to its environment called?

• Adaptation

• Dichotomous key

• Natural Selection

• Physiology

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

What is a a tool used to identify species of organisms, by using opposing observable characteristics, called?

• Variation

• Dichotomous key

• Natural selection

• Physiology

What is the process by which gene frequencies in a population change through certain individuals producing more offspring than others because they are better

able to survive and reproduce organisms better suited to their environment called?

• Species

• Adaptation

• Natural Selection

• Physiology

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What is the way in which a living organism or bodily part functions called?

• Selective Breeding

• Adaptation

• Dichotomous key

• Physiology

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

What is all of the members of a species living in a particular area at a particular time called

• Poplulation

• Selective breeding

• Species

• Variation

What is making deliberate crosses of plants or mating of animals, so the offspring will have a desired characteristic derived from one of the parents called

• Population

• Selective breeding

• Species

• Variation

What is a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding called?

• Natural Selection

• Physiology

• Species

• Variation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What is a different form or version of something called?

• Dichotomous key

• Natural selection

• Population

• Variation

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What is a part or organ, such as an arm, leg, tail, antennae, wings, or fin that is joined to the trunk of the body called?

• Appendages

• Behaviors

• Camoflage

• Domestic animal

What is a way an organism reacts to other organisms or to its environment called?

• Trait

• Behaviors

• Camoflage

• Dormacy

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2