Structures & Functions
A trait passed down from parent to offspring
What is inherited?
How an organism interacts with its environment and other organisms
What is behavior?
The nonliving parts of an ecosystem
What is abiotic?
An organism that eats other organisms
What is a consumer?
Something that is helpful to the environment
What is beneficial?
An inherited trait that helps an organism survive
What is an adaptation?
An inherited behavior animals don't have to learn
What is an instinct?
A living thing like a plant or animal
What is an organism?
An organism that makes its own food
What is a consumer?
The place or environment an organism normally lives
What is an ecosystem?
What something does
What is a function?
A behavior developed through experience
What is a learned behavior?
The living or once-living parts of an ecosystem
What is biotic?
A long period with little to no rainfall
What is a drought?
To cause damage
What is harmful?
A type of plant or animal
What is a species?
Swimming for fish is this type of behavior
What is an instinct?
An animal that hunts other animals
What is a predator?
A series of events in a repeating pattern
What is a cycle?
The introduction of a substance that can have harmful effects on the environment
What is pollution?
The way parts are organized or arranged
What is structure?
Monkeys using tools to open coconuts is this type of behavior
What is a learned behavior?
An animal that is hunted by other animals
What is a prey?
An organism that breaks down dead plant and animal matter
What is a decomposer?
The act of protecting or restoring the natural environment
What is conservation?