Adaptations/Evolution Vocabulary

Characteristics that help living things survive and reproduce

in their environment.

• adaptations

• herbivores

• carnivores

• camouflage

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Animals that only eat plants.

• adaptations

• herbivores

• carnivores

• camouflage

Animals that eat other animals.

• adaptations

• herbivores

• carnivores

• camouflage

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An organism’s ability to blend in with its environment to

avoid being seen by predators.

• adaptations

• herbivores

• carnivores

• camouflage

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A change in a species over time

• evolution

• competition

• speciations

• migration

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This occurs when living things try to use the same resources.

• evolution

• competition

• speciations

• migration

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The evolution of one or more new species from a single

existing species

• evolution

• competition

• speciations

• migration

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The journey animals take to change location in response to

seasonal changes.

• evolution

• competition

• speciations

• migration

The scientist who wrote The Origin of Species By Means of

Natural Selection.

• evolution

• competition

• speciations

• Charles Darwin

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Differences in traits or characteristics within a population

• variation

• competition

• speciations

• Charles Darwin

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