Places Things Live
A dry environment with very little rainfall
Desert
The way an organism acts or responds to its environment.
Behavior
The young of a living organism.
Offspring
Gained after birth as a result of experience or behavior.
Acquired
Something an organism learns by interacting with the world.
Learned behaviors
An area where the main vegetation is grass.
Grassland
A way an organism protects itself from harm.
Defense
An animal that hunts and eats other animals.
Predator
What something is used for; its purpose
Function
The movement of animals from one place to another.
Migration
The natural home of an organism
Habitat
A period when an organism slows down or stops activity to survive.
Dormancy
An animal that is hunted and eaten by predators.
Prey
To receive traits from parents.
Inherit
The process of making more of the same kind of organism.
Reproduction
A small body of still water.
Pond
To feed on grass or low vegetation
Graze
A group of living organisms that are similar and can reproduce.
Species
A characteristic passed from parents to offspring.
Inherited Trait
A part or group of parts of an organism.
Structure
A flat, grassy area with few trees.
Prairie
A deep sleep some animals enter to survive cold seasons.
To continue to live or exist.
Survive/Survival
Automatic behaviors that are inherited.
Instinctual Behaviors
A cold, treeless area with frozen ground.
Tundra