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Current Life Science
Life Science
Definition | Term |
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The living and nonliving parts of an environment that interact. | Ecosystem |
Another word for living organisms. | Biotic |
Another word for nonliving organisms. | Abiotic |
An organism that uses the Sun to make its own food. | Producer |
An organism that gets its energy from eating other organisms. | Consumer |
An organism that hunts and kills other organisms for food. | Predator |
An organism that is hunted and eaten by a predator. | Prey |
An organism that must live on or inside another living organism in order to get its energy. | Parasite |
An organism that breaks down dead organisms and waste. | Decomposer |
Shows the path of energy from one organism to another. | Food Chain |
Many overlapping food chains linked together. | Food Web |
Animals that eat only plants. | Herbivores |
Animals that only eat meat. | Carnivores |
Animals that eat both plants and animals. | Omnivores |
The breaking down of rock by wind, water, or ice. | Weathering |
The moving of sediments. | Erosion |
The dropping of sediments in a new location. | Deposition |
The day to day conditions of the atmosphere at a specific place and time. | Weather |
The average weather conditions over a long period of time. | Climate |
To spin on an axis. It takes the Earth 24 hours to do this one time. | Rotation |
To go all the way around something. It takes the Earth 365 days to do this one time. | Revolution |
The direction the Sun rises in. | East |
The direction the Sun sets in. | West |
A circuit that has more than 1 path for electricity to take. | Parallel Circuit |
A circuit that only has 1 path for the electricity to take. | Series Circuit |
If something is more dense than water it will? | Sink |
If something is less dense than water it will? | Float |