Heredity Vocabulary: Science 5.2

How an organism responds or acts

• Behavior

• Environment

• Heredity

• Inherited

Characteristic passed from parents to their young.

• Behavior

• Environment

• Heredity

• Inherited

Passing of traits from parents to their young.

• Behavior

• Environment

• Heredity

• Inherited

The surroundings in which an organism lives.

• Behavior

• Environment

• Heredity

• Inherited

Behaviors that are inherited from the parent organism.

• Instincts

• Learned Behaviors

• Life Cycle

• Offspring

The young of an organism

• Instincts

• Learned Behaviors

• Life Cycle

• Offspring

Actions and behaviors that are learned

• Instincts

• Learned Behaviors

• Life Cycle

• Offspring

The stages a living organism goes through during its lifetime

• Instincts

• Learned Behaviors

• Life Cycle

• Offspring

The number and kind of organisms in an area.

• Organism

• Parent Organism

• Population

• Specialized Structures

Body parts

• Organism

• Parent Organism

• Population

• Specialized Structures