Characteristics and Growth of Organisms

Animals with backbones

• vertebrates

• invertebrates

• instinct

animals without backbones

• vertebrates

• invertebrates

• instinct

Behavior an animal is born with or inherits (Duck knowing how to swim)

• metamorphosi

• molting

• instinct

"Acquired" - Those behaviors that organisms learn as they grow. (bird-fly) (bear- fishing)

• learned behavior

• instinct

• camouflage

Each plant or animal has a unique growth and development

• metamorphosis

• life cycle

• locomotion

Structures or behaviors that help organisms survive in their environments

• adaptions

• locomotive

• migration

Migration, hibernation, and dormancy are examples of what type of adaption?

• behavior

• structural

An adaption in which physical features that serves a function in how it helps organisms survive in its environment (Ex. Yucka plant)

• defense

• trait

• structural adaption

A function that helps an organism move from one place to another

• locomotion

• molting

• metamorphosis

A function that helps an organism blend in its environment

• camouflage

• characteristics

• trait