Unit 3- Environments and Survival- Vocabulary Flashcard

Front

What is the term for what something can do?

Back

Function

Front

What does it mean to stay alive?

Back

Survive

Front

What is something that can be observed about an organism, such as color or size?

Back

Traits

Front

What is a description of how something works or why something happens?

Back

Explanation

Front

What is the way something is shaped or what it is made out of that makes it good for a specific function?

Back

Structure

Front

What do we call an animal that hunts other animals?

Back

Predator

Front

What is the term for the characteristics that help an organism survive in its environment?

Back

Adaptive traits

Front

What do we call the process by which living things produce more of their own kind?

Back

Reproduce

Front

What is the term for the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism?

Back

Habitat

Front

What do we call the relationship between two different species where one benefits and the other is harmed?

Back

Parasitism