Interdependence

Adaptation

A characteristic of an organism that increases it chance of survival in it’s environment.

Camouflage

When animals blend in with their surroundings so they are not seen by other living things.

Carnivore

An animal that obtains nutrients from eating other animals.

Community

Populations of species of organisms living together in the same geographic area.

Consumer

An animal that feeds on plants and other animals.

Denning

Similar to hibernation but animals are more alert than in colder areas.

Dormancy

A time when living organism conserves energy to survive in colder temp.

Ecosystem

All living things that interact with each other in an environment.

Environment

Anything that surrounds us on earth that includes living and nonliving things.

Food chain

A diagram representing the transfer of energy from the sun through producers and a series of consumers.

Habitat

A place that an animals lives that provides food, water and shelter.

herbivore

An animal that obtains nutrients from eating plants.

Inherited Trait

Physical characteristic that children receive from their parents.

Instinct

Behaviors that animal is born knowing.

Invasive Species

Animals that are not native to an area that cause a disruption in the food chain of an ecosystem.

Learned Behavior

Something an animal learns from experience or by watching other animals.

Mimicry

A structural adaption in animals in which they appear like something more dangerous or unsavory.

Native Species

A plant or animal that has always been part of a particular environment.

Omnivore

An animal that obtains nutrients from eating both plants and animals.

Organism

A living thing such as a plant or animal.

Pollution

When something is added to the environment that is harmful or poisonous to living things.

Population

All members of the same species living together at the same time in the same area.

Predator

An organism that kills or/and eats other other organisms (prey).

Prey

An organism that is killed and/or eaten by another organism (predator).

Producer

An organism that produces it’s own food (plants).