Living Things
All living things such as animals and plants
Sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing
What are the 5 senses?
To stay alive
What is surviving?
Everything around us that is not made by people, including organisms like animals and plants, and non-living things like sunlight, air, water, and rocks
What are our surroundings/natural environment?
When organisms make more of their own kind, such as animals having babies or plants growing seeds
What is reproducing?
The process of organisms getting bigger, heavier, and more complex over time
What is growth?
Special parts on the outside of animals’ bodies that help them live in the places where they grow and roam
What are external structures?
An animal that hunts, catches, and eats other animals (prey) in order to survive
What is a predator?
How an organism reacts or changes when it senses something happening in its environment
What are responses?
Traveling to a new place to find food or better weather
What is migration?
A special feature, trait, or quality that helps identify an organism or sets it apart from others
What are characteristics?
The specific "job" or "role" a part of an organism does to help it survive
What are functions?
A natural disguise that helps animals blend in with their surroundings
What is camouflage?
Taking in messages, making sense of that information, and deciding how to react to stay alive
What is processing?
When an animal’s body slows down and uses less energy so it can survive the winter
What is hibernation?
Differences between living things of the same species
What are variations?
A group of related parts that work together to form a whole and perform a specific job
What are systems?
To change in order to fit into a new situation
What is adapting?
Sending a signal/message from one place to another inside an organism to make it work, grow, and function
What is information transfer?
Natural actions that organisms are born knowing how to do without being taught
What are instincts?