Traits
What is a trait?
Something you can observe about a living thing.
What are adaptations?
Physical traits or behaviors that help living things survive in their environment.
What is another word for offspring?
Babies
What does protection mean?
Keeping something or someone safe
What does the queen ant do?
They lay eggs
What are two examples of traits?
Hair color, eye color, height, weight
What is the process when certain traits best suited to help animals survive are passed to offspring?
Natural Selection
What are offspring that have the same parents called?
Siblings
What are social behaviors?
Behaviors of living things that live in groups.
What is gravity?
An invisible force that pulls objects down toward Earth.
What is the difference in a trait between living things called?
Variation
What is the process when humans choose certain traits of living things to be passed to offspring?
Artificial Selection
What does inherit mean?
When animals get a trait from their parents.
How do snow monkeys work together to stay alive?
They huddle together to keep warm in the cold.
What is a predator?
An animal that hunts and eats other animals.
What is a group of living things with specific similar traits called?
Breed
How did the green anoles adapt to their environment when the brown anoles came?
They became better climbers
What is an ancestor?
A relative that lived long ago.
How do ravens work together to get food from other animals?
Some ravens distract the larger animals while other ravens get the food.
What are groups of ants that live and work together called?
Colonies
What kind of trait can change based on the environment?
Acquired trait
Why do animals adapt to their environment?
They need to adapt to survive over time.
What does species mean?
A specific living thing with similar characteristics that can produce offspring with one another.
How do meerkats work together to help each other survive?
What are three things that happen to a person when they spend a year in space?
Muscles get weaker, get taller for a few days, lose their balance/have a hard time walking on their own