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Life Science Vocab Flashcards

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What is prey

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Prey is an animal that is hunted by a larger Animal

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What are producers

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Producers are organisms and that create their own food

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What are predators

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Predators are animals that hunt smaller animals for food

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What does soluble mean?

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Soluble is a cell. that is able to dissolve in liquid.

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What is cellular respiration

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Cellular respiration is a process where oxygen enters a cell, oxygen and soluble food met and react in a process called oxydation, the chemical energy is processed into energy for the organism, and waste and heat is given off

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What is a habitat

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A habitat is a place in an ecosystem where an organism lives, grows, and reproduces

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What is a niche

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A niche is a role that an organism plays in it’s habitat.

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What do all living organisms do

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They react to stimulus, reproduce more of their kind, move under their own power(except for plants), and

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What do all living things need

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Food, water, oxygen, sunlight, and a habitat

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What is omosis

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Osmosis is diffusion of water across a membrane, such as a cell membrane

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What is sensitivity

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Sensitivity is the process a living organism reacts or responds to stimuli

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What is excretion

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Excretion is the process where an organism gets rid of waste (in the form of a solid, liquid, and gas)

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What is photosynthesis

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Photosynthesis is the process where plants turn co2, water, and sunlight into glucose, which is food for the plant

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What is ingestion

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Ingestion is the process where all animals must get food from an outside source

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What is digestion

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Digestion is the process where food is broken down into a soluble form.

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What is sessile

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Sessile is an organism that doesn’t move under it’s own power and stays is one place, such as plants and fungi

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What is locomotion

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Locomotion is the process where a living organism moves from one place to another place under its own power. Animals move but plants and fungus don’t

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What is absorption

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Absorption is the movement of soluble food through a cell membrane

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What is diffusion

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Diffusion is a process that allows soluble materials to pass through a selective membrane

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What is semi-permeable

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Semi-permeable is a selective cell membrane that allows soluble materials to pass through it

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What is circulation

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Circulation is the movement of food, water, and waste through an organism’s body

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What is reproduction

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Reproduction is a process where an organism makes more of it’s own kind

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What is sexual reproduction

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Sexual reproduction is a process where reproduction requires special sex cells

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What is asexual reproduction

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Asexual reproduction is a process where reproduction doesn’t require special sex cells.

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What are proteins

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A protein is an organic compound that are make up living things and are necessary for life

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What are Carbohydrates

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Carbohydrates are molecules made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. It is a product of photosynthesis and an example of carbohydrates are sugars and starches.

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What is growth

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Growth is the process where a living thing increases in size by using food and water to make more photoplasem

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What is glucose

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Glucose is a sugar that is neccesary for all cells to create energy. Plants create glucose from a process called photosynthesis

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What is nutrition

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Nutrition is the life process of food making or food getting

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What are life processes

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Life processes are activities that all living organisms need to Cary on in order to live

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What are enzymes

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Enzymes are special liquids that make food soluble

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What is protoplasm

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Protoplasm is a part of a living cell that contains the organelles

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