Animal Unit Vocabulary

Inherited Trait

• A behavior an animal practices

• A trait that comes from a parent

• A place an animal lives

• A trick learned in the environment

Acquired Trait

• A trait an organism is born with

• A trait that comes from a parent

• A trait an organism learns

• A trait that disappears over time

Hibernation

• When an animal sleeps for fun

• When an animal eats a lot of food

• When an animal enters a deep sleep

• When an animal builds a shelter

Migration

• When an animal grows new fur

• When an organism moves homes for survival

• When a plant grows in the spring

• When an animal hides underground

Habitat

• A place where an organism eats

• A place where an organism lives

• A special kind of animal

• A water source in the wild

Thrive

• The organism is well suited to the habitat and does very well

• The organism eats more than usual

• The organism travels far to find food

• The organism changes color

Struggle

• The organism becomes the leader of a group

• The organism can live there, but it’s difficult

• The organism lives in a zoo

• The organism doesn’t need food

Fail

• The organism wins a competition

• The organism grows too quickly

• The organism cannot survive there at all

• The organism changes habitats each day

Life Cycle

• A wheel used to travel through time

• The steps a plant takes to get sunlight

• The stages of an organism’s life

• A type of plant that grows in spring

Organism

• A group of plants and animals

• An individual animal or plant

• A large forest

• A kind of habitat