Inherited Trait Organism Learned BehaviorOffspring DefinitionPictureDefinitionPicture A characteristic that is passed from parents to their offspring (child). Picture Definition New organisms (children) that come from parent organisms. A behavior that an animal develops by observing other animals or by being taught. A living thing; plant or animal.

Omnivore Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Cycle TraitHeredity DefinitionPictureDefinitionPicture An animal that eats both plants and animals. Picture Definition The passing of traits from parent to offspring. A physical characteristic of an organism. The movement of carbon dioxide and oxygen between organisms and the air. Plants release oxygen and animals (humans) release carbon dioxide.

Species Reproduction NicheMigration DefinitionPictureDefinitionPicture A group of organisms of the same kind that can mate and produce offspring like themselves. Picture Definition The seasonal movement of animals from one place to another. The role or job that an organism plays in its habitat. The process by which organisms produce offspring and ensure survival of a species.

Hibernation Adaptation CamouflageMetamorphosis DefinitionPictureDefinitionPicture A deep sleeplike state when an animal’s body processes slow down to survive during winter. Picture Definition The changes in form that some insects or other animals go through during their life cycle. The shape, color, or pattern of an animal that helps it blend in or hide with its surroundings. A structure (body part) or behavior that helps an organism survive in its environment.

Egg Larva Pupa Adult DefinitionPictureDefinitionPicture The first stage in the life cycle of many organisms. Picture Definition A full grown animal or plant. The stage in the life cycle of some insects when the organism changes from a larva to an adult. The small, wormlike stage in the life cycle of some insects such as a butterfly, beetle, or moth.

Habitat Ecosystem EnvironmentPopulation DefinitionPictureDefinitionPicture The environment where an organism lives. Picture Definition All the organisms of the same species that live in the same place at the same time. The surroundings that an organism lives in. All the living and nonliving things that interact with each other in an environment.

Community Biome Biotic FactorAbiotic Factor DefinitionPictureDefinitionPicture Populations of different kinds of organisms that live in the same place at the same time. Picture Definition A nonliving part of an ecosystem. A living part of an ecosystem. A very large area of land with a certain kind of climate and certain kinds of organisms living there.

Prey Producer ConsumerDecomposer DefinitionPictureDefinitionPicture An animal that is hunted, caught, and eaten by another animal. Picture Definition An organism that breaks down the remains of living organisms. An organism that does not produce its own food, and gets energy by eating other organisms. An organism that makes its own food through the process of photosynthesis.

Herbivore Carnivore PredatorScavenger DefinitionPictureDefinitionPicture An animal that eats only plant products. Picture Definition A meat-eating animal that feeds on the remains of dead animals. An animal that hunts, catches, and eats another animals. An animal that eats other animals.

Food Chain Food Web ParasitismPhotosynthesis DefinitionPictureDefinitionPicture The path of food energy from one organism to another in an ecosystem. Picture Definition The process in which plants make their own food by sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide. A relationship between two different kinds of organisms in which one organism is helped and the other is harmed. Overlapping food chains with different pathways for the flow of food energy in an ecosystem.

Cell Survive MimicryNymph DefinitionPictureDefinitionPicture The smallest living part of an organism. Picture Definition A stage in the life cycle of some organisms that resembles the adult. When a living organism looks like something else that can confuse predators from hunting it down. To stay alive or in existence by using structural or behavioral adaptations.

Thrive Perish ModifyTree Rings DefinitionPictureDefinitionPicture To grow, prosper, or remain alive. Picture Definition Rings inside the trunk of a tree that tell a tree’s age and indicate the years of abundant rainfall and drought. To change to make different. To die or be destroyed.

Drought Endangered ExtinctInstinct DefinitionPictureDefinitionPicture A long period of dry weather; very little rainfall. Picture Definition A behavioral trait passed from parent to offspring through genes. The organism is born with instincts. Instincts are not taught. No longer living on earth Plants or animals that are in danger of being extinct.

Nitrogen Cycle Primary consumer Secondary Consumer Scarce DefinitionPictureDefinitionPicture The cycle in which nitrogen gas is changed into forms of nitrogen that plants can use. Picture Definition When there is a limited amount of something. For example, water is scarce in a desert. An animal in within the food chain that eats other animals; predator; carnivore. An animal in the food chain that only eats plants.