Organisms and Environments

Knowledge and Skills Statement

Organisms and environments. The student knows how systems are organized and function to support the health of an organism and how trait are inherited.
Glossary terms and definitions are consistent across kindergarten through high school in the TEKS Guide. The definitions are intended to give educators a common understanding of the terms regardless of what grade level they teach. Glossary definitions are not intended for use with students.

specific variation in the characteristics of organisms received from a parent or ancestor by genetic transmission
 

an individual form of life, such as a plant, animal, bacterium, protist, or fungus; a body made up of organs, organelles, or other parts that work together to carry on the various processes of life

regularly interacting or interdependent group of items forming a unified whole