1. Any individual life form.
Organism
Any individual life form.

2. Life Cycle
The states of life a living organisms goes through

3. Population
The number and type of organisms in a particular area

4. Trait
A characteristic that determines how an organism looks, acts or functions

5. Camouflage
A defense mechanism in which an organism looks like its surrounding.

6. Survival
Survival

7. Survival Advantage
When certain species have a better chance to live

8. Ability to Survive
Variations in a species may affect their ability to survive

9. Temperature Control
The fur and sweat gland, in an organism acts as a temperature control

10. Size, shape, body parts
Some ways body parts can be observed

11. Species
A basic category of offspring that are able to reproduce amongst themselves

12. Environment
All of the surrounding in which an organisms lives

13. Learned behavior
Actions that are learned through the environment or trial and error

14. Parent Organism
A producer of offspring

15. Heredity
When traits are passed from parent to their offspring

16. Fast running bodies
A specialized structure some animals have, like dear, that act as a defense mechanism

17. Mimicry
A method of defense in which one organism looks like a more poisonous organism or dangerous one.

18. Same body structures
In what way will an organism be like its parent. It will have the same body structures.

19. Defense
Sharp spines, shells, and horns are types of specialized structures used for defense.

20. Behaviors
Behaviors – the way in which on organism acts or reacts

21. Instincts
Instincts – behaviors that are inborn or inherited from the parent organism.

22. Specialized Structure
Body parts of an organisms

23. Variation
1. Differences between groups of species thriving in different Variations –
parts of the world as a result of genetic mutation.

24. Inherited
Inherited - when a trait is passed from the parent to their offspring