hard skeleton on the the outside of an animal's body
What is an exoskeleton?
holes on the surface of a plant leaf through which gases pass
air holes on the skin of an insect's body
What are spiracles?
a characteristic that allows an organism to survive better in its environment
What is adaptation?
the predictable orer of changes in communities after a change occurs
What is succession?
a random change in gene
What is mutation?
When a species has no members left that are alive
What is extinct species?
Behavioral adaptations or inherited behaviors that help animals survive
What is instincts?
What is structural adaptations?
the process of an animal changing form during its life cycle
What is metamorphosis?
the process by which an animal sheds its outer covering
What is molt?
a pattern of birth, growth, and death that all animals share
What is life cycle?
The snowshoe hare is brown in the summer and white in the winter. This is an example of what kind of adaptation.
What is seasonal change?
An Atlantic ghost crab igging a hole is an example of what kind of adaptation.
What is behavioral adaptation?
A butterfly goes through what type of metamorphosis.
What is complete metamorphosis?
A dragonfly goes through what type of metamorphosis.
What is incomplete metamorphosis?
What are the four stages of complete metamorphosis?
What is egg, larva, pupa, adult?
What are the 3 stages of incomplete metamorphosis?
What is egg, larva, adult?
How are an exoskeleton and a plant stem alike?
What are give support and protection?
When living things make other living things similar to themselves.
What is reproduction?
How would plants be affected if they did not have an ovary?
What is they would not be able to reproduce.
What do insects use to get oxygen?
What are spiracles?
When does succession occur?
What is when an environment changes?
What are three ways animals can get oxygen?
What is lungs, spiracles, and gills?
Name the purpose of the structural adaptation of a gecko foot.
What is climbing trees?