A feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing
Matter that does not have a definite shape or volume
A special characteristic of an animal that helps it survive and reproduce in its environment
Dramatic change in an organism's development that occurs after birth
Vertebrates, warm-blooded, feeds milk to the young, partially covered in hair.
An instinctive behavior in some animals in which they travel back to warmer climate for winter
A single path of food (energy) from the sun to the plant to the consumer
An adult butterfly lays an egg. It hatches into a caterpillar or larva. The caterpillar forms the chrysalis or pupa. The chrysalis matures into a butterfly.
A clear, colorless, odorless and tasteless liquid. It is essential for most plant and animal life and the most widely used of all solvents.
A genetically determined characteristic
Begins its life in water then finishes it mainly on land. This word means both sides of life.
A place in which a plant or animal lives
An essential characteristic possessed at birth
An animal hunted or caught for food
To change from a solid state to a liquid state by adding heat
An animal that hunts and eats other animals
An adaptation in which an organism slows down during the winter
The process by which a new organism (living thing) is produced
Behaviors that animals are born knowing. Behavior that is not taught.
Water in a gaseous state
Matter that has a definite shape and volume
Changing from a liquid state to solid state by subtracting heat
A series of stages through which a living organism grows and changes
The amount of three-dimensional space occupied by an object
Matter that has a definite volume, but not a definite shape. It takes the shape of its container.