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Mo5-L3: Vocabulary Review

Direction: Unscramble each word. Then write each term on the line before its definition.

1. vurvise
2. voonsaretinc goobily
3. neinitxtoc
4. notovelui

5. aiotapdnat
6. ionratvia
7. lartuna leensciot
8. uconedirt

9. a slight difference in an inherited trait

10. a process by which individuals with traits that help them
survive in their environment live longer, compete better,
and reproduce more than individuals without these traits

11. a branch of science focused on studying why some species
are in trouble and what can be done to save them

12. an inherited trait that increases the chance of survival and
reproduction
13. to bring a substance into a habitat or population

14. to remain alive
15. the death of all members of a species

Mo5-L3: Key Concept Organizer

Direction: Circle the term in parentheses that correctly completes each sentence

1. The traits of surviving individuals become (more common/less common) as the survivors reproduce and
pass the genes for their traits to their offspring.

2. Structural adaptations involve physical characteristics such as
(color and shape/migration patterns).

3. Many desert plants have leaves that are reduced in size to help (increase/reduce)
water loss in a dry environment.

4. Functional adaptations involve (internal/external) systems that affect an organism’s
physiology or biochemistry.

5. Behavioral adaptations like migration involve the ways an organism (passes on traits/behaves or acts).

6. An adaptation is a(n) (learned/inherited) trait that increases an organism’s chance of surviving and
reproducing in a particular environment.

7. The alpine snowbell blooming while it is surrounded by snow is an example of
(functional/behavior) adaptation.

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