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1
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Characteristics (traits) of a frog

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Slimy Skin, lungs, and legs

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Vertebrates

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Animals with backbone

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5 groups of vertebrates

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Fish, Amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals

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classify

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to sort or group living things or objects according to their characteristics

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invertebrates

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Animals without a backbone

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Inherited Traits

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A phsysical characteristic that is passed down by parents or offspring

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Acquired traits

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A trait that you get during your lifetime

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Instincts

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The way a living thing acts or responds to their environment; that is inherited (not learned)

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Learned Behavior

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Something that you learn over your lifetime that you not born with

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adaptations

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A behavior or characterstic developed over time by a species in order to survive in their environment.

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Natural selection

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Process of adaptations being passed down over many generations

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evolution

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gradual change in a species ‘s inherited traits over many generations

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How can groups animals by their shared characteristics help us

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It helps us to know who the animal might be related to; what a plants ancestors might be- and if they were poisonous, and maybe to find a new species

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What are some adaptations of animals that live in an underwater habitat

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Webbed feet; stronger finds, a blowhole (to breathe) and bioluminescence

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What is the different between an instinct and a learned behavior

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Instints are heridtatary, they are inherited by offspring from their parents; learned behavior is something you learn throughout your lifetime.

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16
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Example of an animals learned behavior

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Puppy follows mom to the food bowl

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Example of animals inherited behavior- or instincts

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Turtles follow the light of the moon to the water when they are born.

18
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How are DNA, genes, and chromosomes related

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They are in our blood and make us who we are; Chromosomes are packages of Genes and Genes are packages of DNA.
Chromosomes are the Books; Genes are the chapters, and DNA is the letters

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Where do chromosomes come from

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Chromosomes are from the nucleas of the cell; you get 23 from your mom and 23 from your dad. You have 46 chromosomes in each cell

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Trait

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Characteristics;

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Inherited Traits

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a physical characteristic that is passed down by parents to their babies or offsprings

22
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offspring

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another word for babies

23
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the passing of traits

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Heredity

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Behavior

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The way a living thing acts or responds to their environment

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To acquire

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To get

26
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Acquired Physical Traits

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Characteristics that are not passed down from parents to their offsprint

27
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Traits moved from parents to their children through

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Genes

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Gene

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Tiny part of a cell that contains traits

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Genes contain

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Instructions that control the growth of a plant or animal

30
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What two groups have genes that control their size, shape, and color

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birds, and plants

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How many chromosomes do we have in each cell

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46- 23 from each parent

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Genes are found where

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In our body’s chromosomes

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DNA is made of how many main chemicals

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4

34
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What part of a cell is DNA found on

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Chromosomes

35
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Migration

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A long journey to a new habitat

36
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Physical adaptation

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special body parts that help an animal survive

37
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Why do animals hibernate

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to save energy

38
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endangered

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animal that is in danger of disappearing forever

39
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How long can adaptations take to develop

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hundreds or thousands of years

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