Adaptations

Structures or behaviors that help an
organism survive in its surroundings

• adaptations
• inherited traits
• learned behaviors
• structural behaviors

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

• traits
• structures
• behavior
• functions

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

• function
• trait
• logical
• structure

Occurring in the night

• logical
• structural
• function
• nocturnal

Things that an organism knows or senses
without having to be taught

• structural behaviors
• structural adaptations
• instincts
• non-instinctive behaviors

Characteristics that are passed from
parents to their offspring

• broken leg
• structures
• behaviors
• inherited traits

Opossums have a _____________________ to an attack referred to as "playing possum."

• reproductive adaptation

• behavioral adaptation

• structural adaptation

• physical adaptation

Over many generations the features that help animals survive ____________________.

• are passed on

• disappear

• change because of combinations

• change through behavioral adaptation

The way an animal ________________ in its environment is called a behavioral adaptation.

• senses its surroundings

• changes its physical appearance

• acts to help it survive

• survives and reproduces

Fur color, long limbs, strong jaws, and the ability to run fast are examples of _________.

• Behavioral adaptaions

• Structural adaptions