environment and living things Flashcards
bacteria
a type of tiny living thing that cannot be aeen without a microscope
environment
all the living and non living things that surround an organism
organism
a living thing
social animals
an animal that lives in a group with others of its kind in ordert to meet its needs
prey
an animal that is hunted and eaten
rainforest
a forest environment that receives a very large amount of rain
natural resource
a useful material that comes from the natural environment
species
a group of living things that are the same kind
adaptation
a behavior or body part that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment
endangered
in danger of going extinct. There are few members left alive when a species is endangered
reproduce
to make more of the same species of an organism
behavior
an action that an organism does
extinct
having no living members. When a species is extinct, all members of that species have died.
fossil
the remaining pieces or trace of an organism that lived long ago
infer
to use evidence to draw a conclusion. Scientists infer facts about animals and their environments from fossils.
