front 1 environment | back 1 All the living and nonliving things that surround and affect an organism. |
front 2 adaptation | back 2 A trait or characteristic that helps an organism survive |
front 3 physical adaptation | back 3 An adaptation to a body part |
front 4 behavioral adaptation | back 4 Something an animal does to help it survive |
front 5 instinct | back 5 A behavior an animal knows how to do without having to learn it. |
front 6 extinction | back 6 A plant or animal species that is no longer living or existing. |
front 7 succession | back 7 A gradual change of the kinds or organisms in an ecosystem |
front 8 producer | back 8 An organism that can make its own food. |
front 9 consumer | back 9 An animal that cannot make its own food and must eat other plants or animals to get energy |
front 10 decomposer | back 10 An organism that feeds on and breaks down dead plants and animals |
front 11 carnivore | back 11 An animal that eats other animals |
front 12 herbivore | back 12 An animal that eats only plants |
front 13 omnivore | back 13 An animal that eats both plants and other animals |
front 14 endangered | back 14 any species which is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range |
front 15 extinct | back 15 A species is extinct when the last existing member dies |