Unit 08: Investigating Structures and Behaviors of Organisms

a phase of minimal activity (e.g., trees in winter, frogs in winter)

• Dormancy

• Species

• Environment

• Structure

all of the living and nonliving elements in a particular (geographic) area

• Environment

• Learned Behaviors

• Function

• Atmosphere

what something is used for; purpose

• Offspring

• Function

• Survival

• Habitat

the place where an organism lives; habitats supply the organism with food, shelter, moisture, and temperature for survival

• Climate

• Habitat

• The crib

• Environment

characteristics or attributes of an organism that are passed from parents to offspring

• Personality

• Behavior

• Inherited traits

• Learned Behavior

something an organism learns as they interact in their world

• Learned behaviors

• Culture

• Weather

• Migration

to move from one place to another in search of food, water, or different temperature

• Nomads

• Migration

• Survival

• Species

a living organism that is made when a plant or animal reproduces

• Producer

• Consumer

• Offspring

• Dormancy

a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of producing offspring

• species

• herd

• flock

• structure

a body part that does a certain “job” for an organism

• Default Dance

• function

• structure

• survival