STAAR Grade 5 Science: Organisms and Environments 2

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  1. advantage
    the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
  2. aquatic
    operating or living or growing in water
  3. cycle
    a periodically repeated sequence of events
  4. fossil
    the remains of a plant or animal from a past geological age
  5. inherit
    receive by genetic transmission
  6. larva
    immature form of an animal between the egg and adult stages
  7. life cycle
    a series of stages through which an organism passes
  8. migrate
    move periodically or seasonally
  9. population
    a group of organisms of the same species inhabiting an area
  10. species
    taxonomic group whose members can interbreed
  11. structure
    a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing
  12. survival
    process resulting in the evolution of best adapted organisms
  13. terrestrial
    relating to the land as opposed to the sea or air
  14. trait
    a distinguishing feature of your personal nature
  15. transfer
    the act of moving something from one form to another
Created on Mon Jun 21 16:00:37 EDT 2021 (updated Mon Jun 21 16:37:02 EDT 2021)

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