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| adaptation definitions | |||
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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | inherited characteristic that increases an organism's chance of survival | 55 sets | |
| 2 | a trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce | 34 sets | |
| 3 | trait of a living thing that helps it live in its environment | 26 sets | |
| 4 | a characteristic that aids an organism in survival | 17 sets | |
| 5 | the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions) | 16 sets | |
| 6 | a trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce. | 16 sets | |
| 7 | inherited characteristic that improves an organism's ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment | 14 sets | |
| 8 | a characteristic that enables a living thing to survive in its environment | 11 sets | |
| 9 | any inherited characteristic that increases an organism's chance of survival | 11 sets | |
| 10 | a characteristic that helps an organism survive in its environment or reproduce | 11 sets | |
| 11 | inherited characteristic that improves an organism's ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment. | 10 sets | |
| 12 | a characteristic that improves an individual's ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment | 10 sets | |
| 13 | the process of becoming adapted to an environment; an anatomical, physiological, or behavioral change that improves a population's ability to survive | 9 sets | |
| 14 | an inherited trait that increases an organism's chance of survival and reproduction in a certain environment | 8 sets | |
| 15 | (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light) | 8 sets | |
| 16 | any variation that makes an organism better suited to its environment | 8 sets | |
| 17 | the adjustment or changes in behavior, physiology, and structure of an organism to become more suited to an environment. | 8 sets | |
| 18 | something that is changed from something else | 8 sets | |
| 19 | functional response of organisms or populations to the environment | 8 sets | |
| 20 | a change in an element of culture which may have resulted as a response to another cultural input | 7 sets | |
| 21 | acculturation | 7 sets | |
| 22 | changing accordingly to your surroundings | 7 sets | |
| 23 | a characteristic that helps an organism survive in its environment | 7 sets | |
| 24 | a changing to fit new conditions | 7 sets | |
| 25 | when an organism makes a change that will increase its chances of survival in its natural habitat | 6 sets | |
| 26 | a change in behavior to meet the needs of a changing environment | 6 sets | |
| 27 | a characteristic that helps an organism survive or reproduce in its environment | 6 sets | |
| 28 | any inherited structure, behavior, or internal process that enables an organism to respond to environmental factors and live to produce offspring | 6 sets | |
| 29 | any characteristic of an organism that makes it better able to survive in its environment | 5 sets | |
| 30 | inherited characteristics that increases an organism's chance of survival | 5 sets | |
| 31 | an organisms ability to change in a limited fashion | 5 sets | |
| 32 | behavior of physical characteristics that allows an organism to survive in its environment (must be capable of passing to offspring through genetics) | 5 sets | |
| 33 | inherited characteristic that increases an organisms chance of survival | 5 sets | |
| 34 | an alteration by an organism to become better fitted to survive and multiply in its environment. | 5 sets | |
| 35 | a physical or behavioral change that improves a population's survival in a given environment. | 5 sets | |
| 36 | any alteration in the structure or function of an organism or any of its parts that results from natural selection and by which the organism becomes better fitted to survive and multiply in its environment. | 5 sets | |
| 37 | a special trait that helps an organism survive | 5 sets | |
| 38 | any characteristic that helps an organism survive | 5 sets | |
| 39 | any body part, behavior, or physiological capability that increases an animal's ability to survive in its environment | 4 sets | |
| 40 | a characteristic, or behavior, or any inherited trait that makes a species able to survive and reproduce in a particular environment. | 4 sets | |