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Traits that help organisms survive
What are adaptations?
Behavior that does not have to be taught
What are instincts?
The important stages an organism goes through
What is a life cycle?
Name a physical adaptation that would help a penguin survive in an icy, wet environment
What are webbed feet for swimming?
When an animal or insect sleeps during the day and is active at night
What is nocturnal?
Name the type of behavior of a lion cub hunting just like its mother
What is a learned behavior?
A complete change in the form of the animal or insect during its lifetime
What is metamorphosis?
Egg, larva, pupa, adult
What is complete metamorphosis?
Egg, nymph, adult
What is incomplete metamorphosis?
First stage and last stage in both complete and incomplete metamorphosis
What is egg and adult?
Scientist known for work on dominant and recessive traits
Who is Gregor Mendal?
Camouflage is a type of what kind of adaptation
What is physical adaptation?
This kind of metamorphosis only has nymph
What is incomplete metamorphosis?
The type of adaptation that the animal or insect blends with its environment
What is camouflage?
A section of DNA that carries the information for the inherited traits in a living thing
What is a gene?
A characteristic that is passed from parents to their young.
What is inherited trait?
A trait that appears even if only one parent contributes the factor for the trait
What is dominant trait?
A trait that appears only when both parents contribute the same factor for the trait.
What is recessive trait?
An adaptation that a polar bear has to survive in its natural habitat.
What is Thick, white fur
The second stage in the life cycle of a butterfly
What is larva?
The type of moth did H.B.D. Kettlewell study and discovered there were more dark-colored moths in polluted areas and light-colored moths in the less polluted areas.
What is the peppered moth?
The type of square that Mendal used to help him predict offspring traits.
What is Punnett Square?
Type of trait that includes being right or left handed and how you cross your arms over your chest
What is behavioral traits?
Resting stage of complete metamorphosis
What is pupa?
How all animals begin their life cycle
What is fertilized egg?