Big Science 6 Unit 1 Plants and Animals

What are characteristics?

• The young of an animal

• Special features or qualities that make something different

• A type of food

What does the word offspring mean?

• A parent animal

• The young or babies produced by a parent

• A type of movement

What is heredity?

• Passing of traits from parents to their offspring

• A way animals find food

• The place where an animal lives

What does it mean to inherit something?

• To learn a behavior from others

• To receive traits from a parent through heredity

• To compete for resources

What is competition in nature?

• Struggling for resources like food, water, or space

• A group of animals traveling together

• Sleeping during the winter

What is camouflage?

• A way animals travel long distances

• An adaptation that helps animals blend into their environment

• A type of food chain

What is an advantage in survival?

• A helpful trait or condition that makes survival easier

• The shadow of an animal

• The ability to breathe underwater

What does behavior mean?

• The way an animal or person acts or responds to the environment

• The color of an animal’s fur

• The way food is passed along a chain

What is a stimulus?

• A deep sleep during winter

• Anything that causes a living thing to react

• The place where animals find water

What is an instinct?

• A learned behavior

• A behavior an animal is born with

• A way to store energy