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Life Science
5th Grade Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| an organism that creates its own energy, usually by photosynthesis | producer |
| a description of the feeding sequence of the living part of an ecosystem | food chain |
| a diagram illustrating the feeding relationships between all of the plants and animals in an ecosystem | food web |
| everything that surrounds and influences organisms | environment |
| an organism that consumes other animals or insects | carnivore |
| an organism that cannot make its own food and obtains energy by feeding on other organisms | consumer |
| any motion of an object, sequence, or process that repeats itself | cycle |
| a body part or function of an organism that helps it to survive in its environment | adaptation |
| color, tones, patterns, shapes, or behavior that enables an organism to blend in with its surroundings | camouflage |
| the continuous movement of carbon dioxide between organisms and the atmosphere | carbon cycle |
| a colorless, odorless gas present in the atmosphere, exhaled by animals and plants during respiration and used by plants in photosynthesis | carbon dioxide |
| an investigation in which only one variable is changed at a time | controlled experiment |