| A | B |
|---|
| instinct | inherited behavior |
| reproduce | create offspring |
| habitat | place in ecosystem where species lives |
| niche | place in habitat where animal nests |
| balance | when populations remain unchanged |
| domination | when one species begins to take over |
| survival of the fittest | when variations lead to advantages |
| energy | it drives food chains and ecosystems |
| food chain | flow of energy in an ecosystem |
| consumer | does not produce its own food |
| producer | makes its own food from sun's energy |
| prey | eaten by a predator |
| predator | consumer that hunts prey |
| communication | behaviors showing how species interact |
| coloration | adaptations and variations for survival |
| camouflage | adaptation and variations for survival |
| bahavoir | learned or inherited ways of acting |
| competition | when species fight for limited resources |
| dispersal | when populations spread out |
| environmental condition | living or nonliving factors that effect population balance |
| inherited trait | instinct |
| learned trait | behavior learned from observation |
| offspring | babies from parents reproducing |
| depend | communities needing each other |
| adaptation | changing to match environmental conditions |
| migration | movement to different ecosystems |
| ecosystem | living and nonliving parts of an environment |
| community | the living populations in an ecosystem |
| species | one type of living organism |
| organism | one living thing |
| population | all the organisms of one species in one ecosystem |
| life span | time of birth to death of a species |
| characteristic | a common trait, a common behavior |
