Structures, Functions, Behaviors, and Life Cycles Review

An arrangement of parts.

• Structure

• Function

• Characteristic

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What something does

• Structure

• Function

• Trait

• Characteristic

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Environment -

• An arrangement of parts.

• Features that help us identify something.

• The space, the conditions, and all the living and nonliving things around an organism.

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Special characteristics of organisms that help them survive in their environment.

• Adaptation

• Structure

• Function

• Trait

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The diagram shows some adaptations of a Galapagos tortoise.

Which of the following adaptations of the tortoise help it avoid animals that would eat it?

• long neck

• egg laying

• hard shell

• very long life

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Which of these birds has a beak adapted to scooping fish from the water?

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How does a grasshopper’s green color help it to survive on the prairie? The green color helps the grasshopper -

• locate its sources of food.

• avoid being seen in its habitat

• gain energy when in sunlight.

• manufacture its own food.

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How does a grasshopper’s green color help it to survive on the prairie? The green color helps the grasshopper -

• locate its sources of food.

• avoid being seen in its habitat

• gain energy when in sunlight.

• manufacture its own food.

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How does the giraffe's long neck help it survive in the African grasslands? This structure functions to help the giraffe

• run very quickly.

• reach tree branches.

• drink from ponds.

• hide from predators.

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LIving organisms have structures and functions to....

• help them dance

• help them survive

• help with stages in the life cycle

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