1. 7th Grade Unit 4: Inherited and Adaptive Traits for Survival Lesson 2:
Comparing Animal and Plant Traits
Vocabulary of Instruction:

2. Adaptation
Changes in an organism's physiological structure or function or habits that allow it to survive in new surroundings.

3. Camouflage
Structural and/or phenotypical adaptations that enables species to blend with their surroundings; allows a species to avoid detection by predators.

4. Environmental Conditions
The ways things are in an environment or biome. It includes climate, soil, and vegetation.

5. Inherited Traits
Traits or characters that are genetically inherited features of an organism.
Brown Hair
Light Hair
Straight Hair
Curly Hair
No Hair on Fingers
Curled Tongue
Hair on Fingers
Not Curled Tongue
Brown Eyes
Blue Eyes
Widow’s Peak
No Peak
Bent Little Finger
Straight Little Finger

6. Survival
Is living despite bad circumstances (extreme climate, lack of food or water, lack of shelter).

7. Survival of the Fittest
A natural process resulting in the evolution of the organisms that are best adapted to the environment.