Plants & Animals

A response to a change in the environment

• Adaptation
• Stimulus
• behavior
• senses

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Characteristics that organisms have that can be inherited or are a result  from interactions with the environment

• trait
• instinct
• behavior
• inherit 

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Which adaptation might help protect a plant from being eaten?

• A flower that looks like a bee
• A waxy coating
• A substance that attracts insects
• A thorny stem

Which is an example of an inherited characteristic in human beings?

• Eye color
• Speaking a language
• Playing the piano
• Favorite food

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Which of the following is an example of an instinct?

• a baby bird is taught to fly by its parent
• a bear hibernates in the winter
• a dog learns how to roll over
• a bear learns how to catch fish

A body part or behavior that helps a living thing survive

• adaption

• behavior

• learned behavior

• instinct

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A behavior that an animal doesn't begin life with but starts doing because of experience or watching another animal

• adaptation

• behavior

• learned behavior

• instinct

An inherited behavior of an animals that helps it meet its needs

• adaptation

• behavior

• learned behavior

• instinct

An example of a physical adaptation is...

• a turtle hiding inside its shell
• The spikes on a porcupine fish
• a rabbit burrowing underground
• a viper biting when threatened

What something is used for; purpose

• Function

• Habitat

• Inherited traits

• Learned behaviors

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