Ecosystems Vocab Set 1

The continuation of life.

• Survival

• Population

• environment

• extinct

A number made up of all members of the same species living within a given area.

• population

• extinct

• survival

• environment

All the physical surroundings on Earth. Contain living and nonliving things.

• Environment

• population

• extinct

• survival

The dying out or disappearance of a species from Earth.

• extinct

• survival

• population

• environment

The actions of a person, animal, or thing in general or certain situations.

• behavior

• Camouflage

• Hibernation

• Adaptations

A special skill which helps an animal to survive and do everything it needs to do.

• Adaptations

• Behaviors

• Environment

• Population

Something an animal does that helps it to survive.

• Behavioral Adaptation

• Extinct

• population

• enviroment

Something about the animal’s body that helps it to survive.

• Physical Adaptation

• extinct

• population

• survival

A behavior that an animal is born with

• Instincts

• Survival

• Migration

• Hibernation

An animal’s color that helps it blend into its environment

• Camouflage

• Hibernation

• Migration

• Mimicry