The student knows that organisms undergo similar life processes and have structures and behaviors that help them survive within their environments.
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The student is expected to explain how instinctual behavioral traits such as turtle hatchlings returning to the sea and learned behavioral traits such as orcas hunting in packs increase chances of survival.
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Organisms and Environments - Animal Structure and Function, Traits
2.13.B record and compare how the structures and behaviors of animals help them find and take in food, water, and air;
3.13.A explore and explain how external structures and functions of animals such as the neck of a giraffe or webbed feet on a duck enable them to survive in their environment;
4.13.B differentiate between inherited and acquired physical traits of organisms
8.13.C describe how variations of traits within a population lead to structural, behavioral, and physiological adaptations that influence the likelihood of survival and reproductive success of a species over generations.
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