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5th Sci.- Life Scien
Life Science vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| to become rotten, to be broken down | decay |
| a response to a stimulus | reaction |
| an adult, or fully grown | mature |
| an inability to exist or survive without each other | interdependence |
| to make more organisms of the same kind | reproduce |
| a behavior that an animal inherits from its parents | instinct |
| to try to outdo another for food, sunlight, water, space, etc. | compete |
| the movement of carbon dioxide and oxygen between organisms and the air. Plants change carbon dioxide into oxygen when they make their own food | carbon dioxide- oxygen cycle |
| a group of parts combined to form a whole that works or moves as a unit | system |
| to change to your environment: to develop physical and behavioral characteristics that allow organisms to survive and have offspring | adaptation |
| the stages of growth and development that an organism goes through in its lifetime | life cycle |
| the transfer of pollen from the stamens to the pistil of a flower | pollinated |
| tunnels that some animals dig for shelter | burrow |
| the stage in the life cycle of some insects when the organisms changes from a larva to an adult (chrysalis) | pupa |
| the shape, color, or pattern of an animal that helps it blend in with its surroundings | camouflage |
| a molecule that can cause light energy from sunlight to turn water and carbon dioxide gas inot sugar and oxygen (usually green colored) | chlorophyll |
| all of the animals of the same species that live in the same place at the same time | animal population |
| a natural place in a particular climate where many plants and animals live (examples: rainforest, tundra, desert, ect.) | biome |
| material made of tiny pieces of rock, minerals, and decayed plant and animal matter | soil |
| a digram that shows the amount of energy that passes on at each level of a food chain | energy pyramid |
| a single living plant, animal, bacteria, or virus | organism |
| specialized functions of the body that involve the action and effect of a stimulus on a sense organ. (sight, taste, touch, hear, and smell) | senses |
| a plant structure that holds a plant in place and takes in water and nutrients from the soil | root |
| a young plant grown from a seed | seedling |
| animals that eat meat, usually have sharp teeth and powerful jaws | carnivore |
| the changes in form that some insects go through during their life cycle (a complete change) | metamorphosis |
| an animal that is hunted, caught, and eaten by another animal | prey |
| an animal that hunts, catches, and eats another animal | predator |
| a structure produced by a plant that contains a tiny undeveloped plant and a supply of food for the plant | seed |
| a characteristic of an organism | trait |
| the role that an organism plays in its environment | niche |
| an animal that eats both plants and animals | omnivore |
| a living thing that eats other living things to survive | consumer |
| an animal that eats only plants or plant products | herbivores |
| an organism that makes its own food (plants) | producer |
| all living things must have food, water, shelter, and space | basic need |
| the part of a plant that holds the leaves up to sunlight and moves water, nutrients and food through the plant | stem |
| the movement of nitrogen betweeen organisms and their sorroundings | nitrogen cycle |
| overlapping food chains with different pathways for the flow of food energy in an ecosystem | food web |
| a characteristic that is passed from a parent to offspring | inherited |
| the process using the energy in sunlight to make food from water and carbon dioxide (how plants make their food) | photosynthesis |
| organisms like funji and some bacteria that break down and digest dead materials and wastes | decomposer |
| the surroundings that an organism lives in | environment |
| the path of food energy from one organism to another in an ecosystem | food chain |
| one organism's looking like another kind of organism in its environment so it can escape predators or catch prey | mimicry |
| nature with plants, animals, microorganims, water, wind, minerals, and more | ecosystem |
| the sprouting of a plant from a seed | germination |
| a behavior that an animal develops by observing other animals or by being taught | learned behavior |
| an environment where an organism lives | habitat |
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