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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Multi-celled organisms | Organisms you can see without a microscope. They have many systems,including TRANSPORT systems. They have many different types f cells to preform the basic life function. |
| Single-celled organisms | ONE cell.It does NOT have transport systems.It carries out all of the basic life functions. It is a complete Organism. |
| Inherited traits | Traits passed down from your parents |
| Acquired traits | Traits you gain throughout our life |
| Basic life functions | Moving,getting energy,excreting waste,reproduction, growth, respiration (breathing oxygen) |
| Decomposition | When some thing decays or rots |
| Consumers | Organisms that eat rotting,dead organisms |
| Producers | Organisms that eat fresh organisms |
| Algae | Plants that makes its own food |
| Predators | Algae is a single celled organism that makes its own food.It is not a plant |
| prey | Organisms that hunt by other organisms |
| Food chain/web | the cycle of organisms and what they consume |
| Consume | to eat |
| Population | how many organisms there are in an area |
| Increase | to go up |
| Decrease | to go down |