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Saturday, October 10, 2015

Vocabulary Needed

Trait  : a quality that makes one person or thing different from another

Inherited trait : to have (a characteristic, disease, etc.) because of the genes that you get from your parents when you are born.

Acquired trait  : to get or learn a trait (something)

Behavior : the way a person or animal acts or behaves

Offspring: the young of an animal or plant 

Adapt :to change (something) so that it functions better or is better suited for a purpose 

Perish : to die or be killed

Reproduce:to produce babies, young animals, new plants, etc

Learned behavior: a behavior that people get or have because of learning or experience 

Instinctive behavior: a behavior relating to or based on instinct : based on feelings or desires that do not come from thinking or learning

Hibernation/hibernate :to spend the winter sleeping or resting

Migration/migrate: to move from one area to another at different times of the year

Dormancy/dormant:not active but able to become active 

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