Adaptations and Heredity

A group of organisms with similar characteristics

• camouflage

• niche

• mimicry

• species

A characteristic that helps an organism survive in a specific environment

• species

• adaptation

• habitat

• mimicry

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

An organism's particular role in an ecosystem, or how it makes its living.

• niche

• species

• camouflage

• inherited trait

Characteristic of an organism to blend in with its surrounding

• inherited trait

• habitat

• camouflage

• mimicry

Characteristic of an organism to resemble another organism

• mimicry

• inherited trait

• hibernation

• migration

The seasonal movement of animals from one place to another

• habitat

• migration

• hibernation

• learned behavior

When an animal becomes still in an enclosed space (sleeps) and reduces bodily functions to save energy.

• niche

• migration

• hibernation

• adaptation

the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism

• migration

• hibernation

• niche

• habitat

A physical characteristic that an organism is born with that is passed to the organism from its parents.

• migration

• inherited trait

• learned behavior

• hibernation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

a behavior that has been learned from experience or observation

• migration

• learned behavior

• inherited trait

• hibernation