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Week 25 03/30
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Germination | The development of a plant from a seed or spore after a period of dormancy |
| Dormancy/Dormant | Deep sleep |
| Larva/Larvae | The eating and growing stage |
| Pupa | The transforming stage |
| Nymph | The eating and growing stage that comes with molting |
| Molting | Shed old feathers, hair, or skin, or an old shell, to make way for a new growth |
| Spore | Type of seed |
| Symbiosis | Interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association, typically to the advantage of both |
| Commensalism | Interaction between two species where Species A benefits from the interaction while Species B it has no affect |
| Parasitism | Interaction between two species where Species A benefits from the interaction while Species B it harms |
| Mutualism | Interaction between two species where it benefits both species |
| Herbivore | Animals that mainly eat plants |
| Carnivore | Animals that mainly eat meat |
| Omnivore | Animals that eat both plants and meat |
| Producer | An organism that makes its own food using the sun |
| Consumer | An organism that gets energy from eating other organism |
| Decomposer | An organism that breaks down dead organisms and waste |
| Host | The organism that the parasite lives on or in |
| Parasite | An organism that must live on or inside another living organism to survive |
| Organism | Any living thing |