2nd Semester Vocabulary Review

Match the following vocabulary terms with their definitions.

• characteristics that blend in with the surrounding environment that increase chances of survival

• inherited trait

• ·         a behavior that develops from observation or instruction rather than being passed

• mimicry

• resemblance of an organism to another organism or to its surroundings gives better chance to surviv

• camouflage

• a characteristic that is passed from parent to offspring during reproduction

• learned behavior

an animal that is hunted as food

·         an animal that hunts and feeds on another organism

Match the following vocabulary terms to their definitions.

• animal that gets its energy by eating only other animals

• carnivore

• animal that gets its energy by eating plants and animals

• herbivore

• an organism that gets energy from eating dead organisms, nonliving materials or waste

• omnivore

• animal that gets energy by eating plants only

• decomposer

A ​ ​ (a)   is an organism that uses sunlight to make its own food for energy. A ​ ​ (b)   an organism that gets energy from eating other organisms

• producer
• consumer
• herbivore
• omnivore

nonrenewable resource made from the remains of plants and animals buried in the Earth’s crust for millions of years, that is used to produce heat and power (coal, oil, natural gas)

• renewable resource

• fossil fuel

• fossil

• sedimentary rock

·         layers of rock formed when sediment is deposited and then compacted and cemented over time

• sedimentary rock

• fossil

• fossil fuel

• renewable resource

materials from the Earth that cannot be replaced within a reasonable amount of time; for example, coal, oil, and natural gas

• fossil

• nonrenewable resource

• renewable resource

• sedimentary rock

materials from the earth that can be replaced by nature in a short period of time; for example, air, plants, water and animals

• nonrenewable resource

• fossil

• renewable resource

• fossil fuel

a solid fossil fuel that is formed from the concentrated remains of plants over very long periods of time

• coal

• oil

• natural gas

• rocks