Traits and Adaptations

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

• Dormancy

• Environment

• Function

• Habitat

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

• Environment

• Function

• Habitat

• Inherited traits

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What something is used for; purpose

• Function

• Habitat

• Inherited traits

• Learned behaviors

Tags

NGSS.4-LS1-1

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

• Habitat

• Inherited traits

• Inherited traits

• Migration

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Characteristics or attributes of an organism that are inherited and / or influenced by the environment

• Inherited traits

• Learned behaviors

• Migration

• Offspring

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The actions or reactions of an organism in response to external or internal stimuli

• Learned behaviors

• Migration

• Offspring

• Species

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

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

• Migration

• Offspring

• Species

• Structure

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

• Offspring

• Species

• Structure

• Survive

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

A group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding

• Species

• Structure

• Survive

• Offspring

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

• Structure

• Survive

• Dormancy

• Environment