Main idea
An adaptation is a special feature or behavior that helps an organism survive in its environment.

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Notes for adaptions
•mimicry is an adaption animal use
•animals and plants have adaptation that helps them survive
•Ex.a desert chameleon has an adaptation called temperature control. Where they lift their bellies of the hot ground.
•Ex.the leafy sea dragon has an adaptation called mimicry. It can confuse its predators by looking like seaweed

Vocabulary
Adaptations- a special trait that helps an organism survive in its environment

Camouflage- an adaptation that allows an animal to blend into its surroundings

Mimicry- when one organism that imitates the traits of another

Genetics- the study of how organisms pass along traits over periods of time