Survival of Organisms Vocabulary

The struggle among organisms for water, food, or other resources

• Ecosystem

• Competition

• Resource

• Adaptation

A material or object that a living thing uses to survive

• Ecosystem

• Competition

• Resource

• Adaptation

• Migration

The living and nonliving things that interact in an environment

• Ecosystem

• Competition

• Resource

• Adaptation

• Migration

A structure or behavior that helps an organism survive in its environment

• Camouflage

• Hibernation

• Adaptation

• Migrate

An adaptation that allows an organism to blend into its environment

• Camouflage

• Adaptation

• Hibernation

• Migrate

To rest or go into a deep sleep through the cold winter

• Adaptation

• Camouflage

• Hibernation

• Migrate

To move from one place to another

• Adaptation

• Hibernation

• Camouflage

• Migrate