Animal Adaptations and Traits

a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of producing offspring

• offspring

• structure

• species

• fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

all of the living and nonliving elements in a particular (geographic) area

• environment

• evidence

• habitat

• migration

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

to continue to live or exist, especially in spite of danger or hardship

• structure

• inherited trait

• learned behavior

• survive

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

impression, track, remains, or other evidence of an ancient organism formed in sedimentary rocks

• fossil

• offspring

• extinction

• evidence

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

a phase of minimal activity (e.g., trees in winter, frogs in winter)

• habitat

• migration

• dormancy

• function

the place where an organism lives; supply the organism with food, shelter, moisture, and temperature for survival

• environment

• fossil

• structure

• habitat

a body part that does a certain "job" for an organism

• dormancy

• structure

• function

• evidence

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

facts or other information supporting a claim or proposition

• extinction

• evidence

• environment

• fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

characteristics or attributes of an organism that are passed from parents to offspring

• learned behaviors

• migration

• inherited traits

• function

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

death of an entire species

• extinction

• fossil

• fossilization

• survival

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1