Mrs. Ropeta's Chapter 3 Science Vocabulary Review

What is the process by which an animal sheds it outer covering?

• life cycle

• mutation

• molt

• adaptation

What is it called when a species has no more members left that are alive?

• instincts

• metamorphosis

• endangered species

• extinct species

What are the holes on the surface of a plant leaf through which gasses pass called?

• stomata

• spiracles

• exoskeleton

• chocolate chips

What is the pattern of birth, growth and death that all animals share called?

• metamorphosis

• extinct species

• molt

• life cycle

What is a random change in a gene called?

• mutation

• instincts

• metamorphosis

• adaptation

What is the hard skeleton on the outside of a body called?

• internal skeleton

• spiracle

• structural adaptation

• exoskeleton

What are the airholes on the skin of an insect's body called?

• stomata

• spiracles

• structural adaptations

• breathing holes

What are the behavioral adaptations or inherited behaviors that help animals survive called?

• adaptations

• structural adaptations

• succession

• instincts

What are the useful changes in the body parts of an animal called

• adaptations

• Instinct

• structural adaptations

• metamorphosis

What is a characteristic that allows an organism to survive better in it environment called?

• adaptation

• instincts

• succession

• life cycle