Science Species Vocab

a group of individuals of the same species occupying a particular geographic area

• organisms

• species

• populations

• generations

a group of organisms with similar characteristics that are able to interbreed or exchange genetic material

• species

• populations

• insects

• species

a distinguishing characteristic or quality

• traits

• dichotomous keys

• structures

the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time

• populations

• organisms

• generations

• species

an individual form of life, such as a plant, animal, bacterium, protist, or fungus

• species

• organism

• generations

• insects

an arrangment of parts to form a living thing

• dichotomous keys

• traits

• structures

any numerous arthopod animals of the class insecta, having an adult stage characterized by 3 pairs of legs and a body segmented into head, thorax and abdomen and usually having two pairs of wings

• generations

• organisms

• species

• insects

usually green, flat attached to a stem and functioning as a principal organ of photosynthesis

• leaves

• organism

• insects

• generations

tool used to sort organisms by paired similarities or differences based on a series of questions

• traits

• dichotomous keys

• structures