ADAPTATIONS

Structures or behaviors that help an
organism survive in its surroundings

• adaptations
• inherited traits
• learned behaviors
• structural behaviors

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Something that an organism does or the
way that an organism behaves or reacts

• traits
• structures
• behavior
• functions

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The way that parts are organized or put
together

• function
• structure
• trait
• logical

The “job” that a body part does in an
organism

• function
• trait
• logical
• structure

Occurring in the night

• logical
• structural
• function
• nocturnal

New organisms that come from parent
organisms

• adaptations
• offspring
• behaviors
• function

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Characteristics of an organism

• adaptations
• traits
• functions
• instincts

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Behaviors that an animal develops by
observing other animals or by being
taught

• learned behaviors
• structural behaviors
• inherited behaviors
• no behaviors

Characteristics that are passed from
parents to their offspring

• broken leg
• structures
• behaviors
• inherited traits

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The polar bear's white fur allows it to hide in the cold arctic. This adaptation is called________________.

• White on white
• Camouflage
• Color matching
• behavioral adaptation