Environments Vocabulary

everything that surrounds and influences an organism (Examples = deserts, forests, and the ocean)

• enviornment

• environmental factor

• living

• nonliving

the condition of being alive

• environmental factor

• living

• environment

• nonliving

referring to something that has never been alive or to things that were once alive and are no longer alive

• living

• organism

• environmental factor

• nonliving

one part of the environment; it can be nonliving, such as water, light, and temperature OR living, such as plants and animals.

• environmental factor

• environment

• living

• nonliving

any living thing

• function

• structure

• organism

• nonliving

any identifiable part of an organism

• environmental factor

• behavior

• strucuture

• function

the actions of an animal in response to its environment

• behavior

• function

• structure

• organism

the purpose for which something is designed

• behavior

• structure

• environmental factor

• function

The actions of an animal in response to its environment.

• Behavior

• Environment

• Organism

Everything that surrounds and influences an organism. For example, deserts, forests, and the ocean.

• Function

• Environment

• Nonliving