Science Vocab: Organisms

Biome

• A large community of plants and animals that occupies a distinct region that is defined chiefly by its climate and vegetation.

• The northernmost forest region of the Earth, having a growth of cone-bearing evergreens. 

•  The job that a body part does in an organism.

• The passing of genetic characteristics from parents to offspring.

Rain Forest

• The role a plant or animal plays in its habitat.

• Characteristics passed from parents to their offspring.

• A dense evergreen forest with an annual rainfall of at least 160 inches.

• A body part that does a certain job for an organism. 

Desert

• Behaviors that an organism inherits and knows how to do without being taught. 

• A dry barren region having little or no vegetation.

• A body part that does a certain job for an organism.

• The passing of genetic characteristics from parents to offspring.

Deciduous Forest

• Characteristics passed from parents to their offspring.

• A body part that does a certain job for an organism. 

• The job that a body part does in an organism.

•  A forest where a majority of the trees lose their foliage at the end of a typical growing season. 

Taiga

• An area covered with grass. Also known as grassland.

• The northernmost forest region of the Earth, having a growth of cone-bearing evergreens. 

• A cold treeless area of arctic region, having permanently frozen subsoil and only low-growing mosses, lichens, and stunted shrubs as plant life.

• Characteristics passed from parents to their offspring.

Praire

• A behavior that an animal does not begin life with but develops as a result of experience or by observing other animals. 

• Behaviors that an organism inherits and knows how to do without being taught. 

•  An area covered with grass. Also known as grassland.

•  The job that a body part does in an organism.

Tundra

• A cold treeless area of arctic region, having permanently frozen subsoil and only low-growing mosses, lichens, and stunted shrubs as plant life.

• The passing of genetic characteristics from parents to offspring.

• Behaviors that an organism inherits and knows how to do without being taught. 

• A forest where a majority of the trees lose their foliage at the end of a typical growing season. 

Structure

• A behavior that an animal does not begin life with but develops as a result of experience or by observing other animals. 

• A large community of plants and animals that occupies a distinct region that is defined chiefly by its climate and vegetation.

•  A body part that does a certain job for an organism. 

• The northernmost forest region of the Earth, having a growth of cone-bearing evergreens. 

Function

• A cold treeless area of arctic region, having permanently frozen subsoil and only low-growing mosses, lichens, and stunted shrubs as plant life.

• A dry barren region having little or no vegetation.

• The role a plant or animal plays in its habitat.

•  The job that a body part does in an organism.

Heredity

• The job that a body part does in an organism.

• A forest where a majority of the trees lose their foliage at the end of a typical growing season. 

• The passing of genetic characteristics from parents to offspring.

• A trait or characteristic that helps an organism survive.