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Organisms & Environ.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adaptation | a trait or feature that helps an organism survive in its ecosystem (example: long legs, s-shaped beak, size of beak) |
| advantage | something helpful |
| nocturnal | an animal that is active at night and sleeps in the day |
| camouflage | the ability of an organism to blend in with its surroundings |
| inherited trait | a characteristic that is passed down from parent to offspring |
| mimicry | type of adaptation in which an organism copies the look or behavior of another |
| learned behavior | an action that is acquired through observation or direct instruction |
| instinct | a behavior that an animal is born knowing how to do (example: build nests, hunt) |
| migration | an instinct of birds to fly south for the winter |
| fossils | evidence of past living organisms |
| prehistoric | time before history was recorded |
| paleontologist | a scientist that studies fossils |
| extinct | a species of animal or plant that is no longer living |
| food chain | shows the flow of energy from one organism to another |
| food web | several food chains linked together and show a more detailed flow of energy |
| producer | an organism that can make its own food using energy from the sun |
| consumer | an organism that must eat to obtain energy |
| herbivore | a type of consumer that eats only plants |
| omnivore | a type of consumer that eats plants and animals |
| carnivore | a type of consumer that eats only other consumers |
| decomposers | organisms that break down organic waste and returns nutrients to the soil |
| overpopulation | having too much of one type of organism in an area |
| ecosystem | the living and nonliving elements interacting in their environment |
| abiotic | Nonliving water, air, soil and rocks make up this part of an ecosystem |
| biotic | Living plants and animals make up this part of an ecosystem |
| interactions | How biotic and abiotic organisms connect, depend on, or affect one another for survival. |
| cycle of matter | is food > energy > cycle of matter |
| W A R T S | Water Air Rock Temperature Soil |
| structure | body part(s) that do a certain job for an organism (plant or animal) |
| function | what something is used for (example: roots, waxy leaves) |
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