Chapter 3 - Growth and Survival

holes on the surface of a plant leaf through which gases pass

• spiracles

• stomata

• adapations

• mutation

a characteristic that allows an organism to survive better in its environment

• mutation

• adaptation

• molt

• succession

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when a species has no members left that are alive

• mutation

• extinct species

• life cycle

• exoskeleton

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behavioral adaptations or inherited behaviors that help animals survive

• adaptation

• instincts

• structural adaptation

• succession

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

the process of an animal changing form during its life cycle

• life cycle

• adaptaitons

• instincts

• metamorphosis

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the process by which an animal sheds its outer covering

• instinct

• molt

• adaptation

• succession

a hard skeleton on the outside of the body

• molt

• exoskeleton

• mutation

• succession

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

air holes in the skin of an insect's body

• spiracles

• molt

• stomata

• adaptation

a random change in a gene

• mutation

• adaptation

• molt

• stomata

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

the predictable order of changes in communication after a change occurs

• adaptation

• molt

• structural adaptation

• succession