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Life Science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| herbivore | All the living things in an ecosystem. |
| carnivore | An animal that eats other animals. |
| omnivore | An animal that eats both plants and animals. |
| organism | Any living thing. |
| producer | An organism that makes its own food.(plants) |
| consumer | An organism that cannot make its own food and must eat other organisms to survive. |
| decomposer | An organism that breaks down other organisms. |
| predator | An animal that hunts another animal for food. |
| prey | An animal that is hunted by another animal for food. |
| parasite | An organism that lives in or on another organism and feeds on them. |
| host | The organism that a parasite lives in or on. |
| food chain | The path that energy and nutrients follow in an ecosysytem. |
| food web | The overlapping food chains in an ecosystem. |
| primary consumer | An organism that eats producers. |
| secondary consumers | An organism that eats primary consumers. |
| habitat | Physical area in which an organism lives. |
| niche | An organism's particular role in an ecosystem, or how it makes its living. |
| adaptation | A characteristic that improves an individual's ability to survive and reproduce in a partic ularparticular environment. |
| metamorphosis | The change in shape and form some organisms go through during their life cycles. |
| camouflage | A structural adaptation that enables an organism to blend in with its environment to hide from predators. |
| migration | A movement of people or animals from one region to another, usualy due to a change in enviornment or weather. |
| life cycle | The entire span in the life of an organism from one generation to the next. |
| species | A group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring. |
| larva | An immature form of an animal that looks very different from the adult. |
| instinct | A complex behavior that is rigidly patterned throughout a species and is unlearned, A complex inborn pattern of behaviors that help ensure survival and reproduction. |
| ecosystem | A system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment. |
| extinct | A term that typically describes a species that no longer has any known living individuals. |
| population | The number of organisms of a particular species in a community. |
| community | All the living things in an ecosystem. |
| hibernation | A period of inactivity that some animals experience in winter that allows them to survive on stored body fat. |
| inherited trait | A characteristic that is passed from parent to offspring. |
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