Adaptations and Traits

Traits passed down from parent to offspring.

• Inherited Traits

• Learned Behaviors

• Adaptations

Making something new. (baby or seed)

• Adaptation

• Reproduction

• Species

• Trait

Any characteristic that helps a plant or animal survive in a specific environment.

• Trait

• Adaptation

• Species

• Population

Behavior that develops from observation (watching) or instruction (teaching).

• Inherited Traits

• Learned Behaviors

• Adaptations

A behavior that an organism is born with that is passed to the offspring from its parents.

• Learned Behavior

• Instinct

The young born of living organisms

• offspring

• adaptation

• trait

Characteristic of an organism that allows it to blend in with its surroundings and increases its chances of survival

• hibernation

• camouflage

• migration

The seasonal movement of animals from one place to another.

• hibernation

• camouflage

• migration

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

• hibernation

• camouflage

• migration