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LIFE SCIENCE
LIFE
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A living thing | Organism |
| The job or purpose that an organism has in its environment. | Role |
| They system of interactions between living things and the environment | Ecosystem |
| When 2 organisms need the same, limited resource in order to survive | Compete |
| Any organisms that breaks down dead plants and animals and returns nutrients to the environment | Decomposer |
| Any organism that cannot make its own food and depends on eating organism for its energy | Consumer |
| A visual model that shows how energy is transferred from one organism to another contains overlapping food chains | Food Web |
| Any organism that performs photosynthesis to create its own food often consumed for food by other organisms | Producer |
| A physical feature (body part) that helps an organism survive in its environment | Structure |
| Happens when a species experiences behavioral or structural changes, over time, that increase the chances of survival | Adapt |
| A physical feature that is passed from parent to offspring | Inherited traits |
| An organism that is created as the results of reproductive process from parent organisms | Offspring |
| A behavior or way of doing something that is learned through practice or experience | Learned behavior |
| An inherited behavior | Instinct |
| The stages of development that an organism goes through from birth/egg/seed to death | Life cycle |
| A type of life cycle that insects and amphibians experience | Metamorphosis |
| Animals that eat only meat | Carnivore |
| Animals that eat both meat and plants | Omnivore |
| Animals that eat only plants | Herbivore |
| Another name for a living thing | Biotic or organisms |
| A name for non living items | Abiotic |
| An organism that is able to make its own food | Photosynthesis |
| An organism that is hunted and eaten by a predator | Prey |
| An organism that hunts and kills other organisms for food | Predator |
| The organism gets food from dead and decaying animals like vultures and hyenas or even snails | Scavenger |
| All the plant life in an ecosystem | Vegetation |
| An ecosystem that means land | Terrarium |
| An ecosystem that means water | Aquarium |
| Active all night but sleeps during the day | Nocturnal |
| To blend into ones surroundings | Camouflage |
| To pretend to be or look like another organism for protection. | Mimicry |
| The role or job of an organism has in its environment | Niche |
| What do plants give off | Oxygen |
| An environment where an organism lives | Habitat |
| The seasonal movement of animals from one place to another | Migration |
| An animal's body processes slows down for survival in extreme conditions | Hibernation |
| Chemical substances found in every living thing on Earth | Nutrients |
| Any substance that is biodegradable and comes from a plant or animal | Organic waste |
| The ability for a material to be broken down naturally by the organisms in an ecosystem | Biodegradable |
| Diversity of ecosystems, communities and habitats | Ecological biodiversity |
| The clearing of a wide area of trees | Deforestation |
| The process of people becoming more concentrated in urban areas and creating larger cities | Urbanization |
| The mix of different animals, plants, fungi and microorganisms that make up the natural world | Biodiversity |
| Avoiding the unnecessary use of Earth's natural resources | Conservation |
| A specific part of a living organism (roots, stem) | Structure |
| A specific job or role of a structure ( absorb, chew, grind) | Function |
| A type of learning that occurs at a particular life stage during the development of certain animals. | Imprinting |
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