Part 4: Life Science Flashcards

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Ecosystem

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All living and nonliving things in an environment.

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Habitat

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The environment where an organism lives.

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Organisms

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Living Things

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Species

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A group of organisms with the same DNA

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Population

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All of the organisms of the same species in the same area

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Food Chain

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The path of food energy from one organism to another

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Food Web

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Overlapping food chains

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Producer

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An organism that can make its own food.

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Consumer

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An organism that gets energy by eating other organisms

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Herbivore

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A consumer that eats only plants

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Omnivore

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A consumer that eats both plants and animals

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Carnivore

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A consumer that eats other animals.

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Scavenger

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A consumer that eats meat from animals that died

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Life Cycle

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The series of changes in living things

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Decomposer

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A consumer that eats dead material and waste.

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Seed

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Undeveloped plant

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Stem

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Supports a plant and transfers water to leaves.

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Leaves

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The food making part of a plant.

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Root

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Anchors plants to the soil and absorbs water

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Germination

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The sprouting of a plant from a seed

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Pollination

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The transfer of pollen to the another flower

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Photosynthesis

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The process plants use to make food. Sunlight+ water+CO2.

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Oxygen

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A gas animals need to live.

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Carbon Dioxide

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A gas plants need to live.

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Complete Metamorphosis

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Insect metamorphosis with a pupa phase.

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Incomplete metamorphosis

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Insect metamorphosis without a pupa phase.

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Egg

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The first stage in the life cycle of all organisms.

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Larva

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Small, worm-like stage of some insects

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Nymph

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A stage during incomplete metamorphosis.

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Pupa

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A stage of complete metamorphosis. AKA: Cocoon

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Exoskeleton

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A hard outer shell that protects an insect’s body

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Adaptation

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A structure or behaviors that help an organism survive.

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Inherit

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To pass something on from parent to offspring

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Inherited traits

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Characteristics that are passed on from parent to child

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Offspring

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The child of a parent