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Chapter 3
Adaptations
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Science
5th Grade
01/08/2006

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what are the basic needs of plants?
Definition
sunlight
water
carbon dioxide
oxygen
minerals
reproduction
Term
what are the basic needs of animals
Definition
food care for and protect young
water
oxygen
avoid pretetors
avoind being eaten
attract mate and reproduce
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what are adapations?
Definition
trates that help organisms meet their basic needs and survive in their surroundings
Term
what are inhearited traits
Definition
traits that passed to offsprings either behavior or structeral
Term
structeral adaptation-
Definition
adaptations of body parts or coloring
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mimicry-
Definition
an adaptation in which one species resembles (looks like)another
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behavioral adaptation-
Definition
inhearited behavior that helpos an organism survive
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fossil
Definition
remains of a tace of an organism that was once alive
Term
mold
Definition
a fossil that is a hollow place shaped liked an organism
Term
cast
Definition
formed by sediments filling up a mold
Term
fossil in amber
Definition
organims trapped in resin
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petrified fossil
Definition
a fossil formed when minerals replace some or all of the organism turning it into stone
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True or False
Behavioral adaptations are inherited behaviors
Definition
True
Term
True or False
When an environment changes some species may change and some may not--some may survive and some may not
Definition
TRUE
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Why do scientists study fossils
Definition
To learn about life long ago and how the world has changed
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When mutations occur species may acquire new..........
Definition
variations
Term
Adaptations help animals meet their................
Definition
Basic needs
Term
Changes in a gene that produce new traits are............
Definition
mutations
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