Animals have characteristics and behaviors that help them survive in their environment. What is a behavior or characteristic that helps an animal survive in its environment?

(3 Points)

adaptation

organ

inheritance

trait

1 answer

The correct term that refers to a behavior or characteristic that helps an animal survive in its environment is adaptation. Adaptations can be physical traits, like camouflage, or behaviors, like migration, that enhance the survival and reproduction of an animal in its specific habitat.