Organisms and their Traits - Week 1 Vocab.

A characteristic that helps a living thing survive

• nocturnal

• learned behavior

• Adaptations

• hibernation

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differences in the bodies of organisms

• instincts

• social behavior

• learned behavior

• Physical Adaptations

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an adaptation that helps keep animals hidden from predators and/or prey.

• migration

• Camouflage

• acquired characteristic

• life cycle

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an adaptation that allows a harmless organism to look like, or “mimic”, a harmful organism as a way to protect themselves.

• Mimicry

• instincts

• nocturnal

• camouflage

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a feature of a living thing that is caused by its environment.

• mimicry

• Acquired Characteristics

• hibernation

• life cycle

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a period when an animal becomes much less active, similar to sleeping

• life cycle

• hibernation

• nocturnal

• diurnal

behaviors that animals know how to do without being taught

• adaptations

• instincts

• Nocturnal

• life cycle

animals that are active at night

• Learned Behaviors

• Social behavior

• Nocturnal

• Migration

when animals move to different locations at different times of year to find food, reproduce, or escape very cold weather

• Learned Behaviors

• Migration

• life cycle

• Social behavior

how an animal acts towards other animals

• Learned Behaviors

• hibernation

• Social behavior

• nocturnal

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