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Grade 6 Chapter 3 vocabulary

AB
adaptationa trait that helps a species survive
behaviorall actions of an organism
behavioral adaptationan action that aids survival
camouflagecharacteristics that enable organisms to blend in with their surroundings which makes them hard to see
instinctan inherited behavior
learned behavioran action not inherited by the parents
natural selectionthe idea that those organisms best adapted to their environment will be the one's most likely to survive and reproduce
physiological adaptationjobs of body parts controlling life processes that aid survival
protective colorationcamouflage inwhich colors and patterns of organisms match the surroundings which makes them hard to see
protective resemblancecamouflage inwhich shapes and colors of organisms match other objects in the surroundings which makes them hard to see
selective breedingthe mating of plants and animals with certain traits to produce offspring with those traits
structural adaptationa body part or coloring that aids survival


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