Memory Unit 8 - Investigating Structures and Behaviors of OrganismsVersion en ligne Vocabulary par Shunder Carter Bryant Habitat Dormancy - a phase of minimal activity (e.g., trees in winter, frogs in winter Offspring – a living organism that is made when a plant or animal reproduces the place where an organism lives; habitats supply the organism with food, shelter, moisture, and temperature for survival a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of producing offspring Structure Survive Function Environment - all of the living and nonliving elements in a particular (geographic) area Inherited Traits a body part that does a certain “job” for an organism Learned behaviors – something an organism learns as they interact in their world to continue to live or exist, especially in spite of danger or hardship Migration – to move from one place to another in search of food, water, or different temperature characteristics or attributes of an organism that are passed from parents to offspring what something is used for; purpose species