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Unit 6-7 Vocab
Ecosystems and Learned and Inherited Traits
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a community of living and nonliving things in their natural environment | ecosystem |
| The space, conditions, and all the living and nonliving things around an organism | environment |
| The place or environment in which an organism lives. | Habitat |
| a living thing | organism |
| A group of organisms that are similar to one another and can combine to produce offspring. | species |
| a living organism that is made when a plant or animal reproduces. | offspring |
| The role an organism plays in its ecosystem. | niche |
| An organism that hunts and feeds on another organism. | predator |
| An organism that is hunted as food. | prey |
| to continue to live or exist despite danger or hardships | survive |
| a change in structure or behavior by which an organism improves its condition in relationship to its environment | adaptation |
| a body part that has a certain job to help an organism to live and to survive | structure |
| what a structure does; its purpose | function |
| a phase of minimal activity; inactivity | dormancy |
| a deep sleep-like state of inactivity in animals in which body processes slow down; long period of inactivity due to lack of food | hibernation |
| to move from one place to another in search of food, water, or different temperature | migration |
| Characteristics that help something to blend with the surrounding environment, making it harder to detect. | camouflage |
| When an organism copies a characteristic of another organism to increase its chances for survival or reproduction. | mimicry |
| A physical characteristic or behavior that an organism is born with that is passed to the organism from its parents. | inherited trait |
| A behavior that an organism is taught by observation or direct teaching | learned behavior |
| A bear fishing for food in a river is an example of a learned behavior or an inherited trait? | learned behavior |
| A bird building a nest is an example of a learned behavior or an inherited trait? | inherited trait (an instinctive behavior) |
| A spider building a web is an example of a learned behavior or an inherited trait? | inherited trait (an instinctive behavior) |
| A dog fetching a ball is an example of a learned behavior or an inherited trait? | a learned behavior |
| A baby crying..........is this a learned behavior or an inherited trait | an inherited trait (instinctive behavior) |
| A living thing or once living thing | biotic |
| A nonliving thing; has never lived | abiotic |
| Sun, water, soil, temperature, air | abiotic |
| plants, animals, bacteria, mushrooms, dead tree | biotic |
| nocturnal | living and/ or hunting at night |
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