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Life Science
5th Grade Life science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Organism | A Living Thing |
| Ecosystem | Where Abiotic and Biotic Things Interact |
| Biotic Factor | A Living Thing |
| Abiotic Factor | A non-Living Thing |
| Food Chain | The Direct Line of the flow of Energy Between Animals |
| Food Web | An interconned set of food chains |
| Population | The number of the same species that live in one area |
| Microorganisms | Organisms that you need a microscope to see |
| Carnivores | Organisms that eat meat |
| Herbivores | Organisms that eat plants |
| Omnivores | Organisms that eat both plants and meat |
| Predator | Something that hunts and eats other organisms |
| Prey | Gets eaten by a predator |
| Consumers | and organism that eats something else for food |
| Producer | an organism that uses sunlight to make food (Photosynthesis) |
| Parasites | Goes onto a host and might give the host a disease Ex: Mosquito |
| Host | Gives a home to a Parasite |
| Limiting Factors | Factors that are limited supply and if there are not enough the population will decrease |
| Ocean | A big body of salt water |
| Desert | A place where there is a little or no water |
| Habitat | A place where an organism lives |
| Salt Marshes | A grassland that is a land habitat at low tide and water habitat at high tide |
| Estuary | A salt marsh |
| Forest | A large area covered in trees |
| Grassland | A large area covered in grass |
| Lake | A body of fresh water surrounded by land |
| Niche | The role an organism plays in its environment |
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Mrs.Madison
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