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Week 26
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Producer | An organism that makes its own food using the Sun |
| Consumer | An organism that gets its energy from eating other organisms |
| Predator | An organism that hunts and kills other organisms for food |
| Prey | An organism that is hunted and eaten by a predator |
| Parasite | An organism that must live on or inside another living organism in order to get its energy |
| Host | The organism a parasite lives on or in |
| Decomposer | An organism that breaks down dead organisms and waste |
| Food Chain | Shows the path of energy from one organism to another |
| Food Web | Many overlapping food chains linked together |
| Camouflage | To blend into one's surroundings |
| Inherited Traits | A characteristic that is passed from parents to offspring like hair color, eye color, and skin tone. |
| Learned Behaviors | A characteristic that an organism learns by observing other organisms like reading, playing sports, and dancing. |
| Instinct | A behavior an animal does without being taught (migration, hibernation, building a nest, and spinning a web) |
| Mimicry | To pretend to be or look like another organism for protection |
| Migration | The seasonal movement of animals from one place to another |
| Adaptation | A characteristic that helps an organism survive in its environment |
| Hibernation | An animal's body processes slowing down for survival in extreme conditions |
| Offspring | New organisms that come from a parent organism |
| Heredity | The passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring |
| Structural Adaptations | Physical features of an organism like fur |