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BIOLOGY FOR DUMMIES
Caveman & Fancy Scientist definitions of basic Biological terms
Term | Definition |
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Caveman says: LIFE SCIENCE Fancy Scientist says: The study of life and living things | biology |
Caveman says: NUMERICAL Fancy Scientist says: Data that uses numbers and units | quantitative data |
Caveman says: WORDY Fancy Scientist says: Data that uses words, mainly adjectives | qualitative data |
Caveman says: SHARED ACTION/EFFECT Fancy Scientist says: Action shared between 2 or more living things that impact each other | interactions |
Caveman says: LIVING/ALIVE Fancy Scientist says: Any living thing | organism |
Caveman says: GROUP/SAME Fancy Scientist says: Group of the same kind of organism living together in a given area | population |
Caveman says: EATS Fancy Scientist says: An organism that consumes/eats other organisms to survive | consumer |
Caveman says: GROWS/CREATES Fancy Scientist says: An organism that grows/creates its own food | producer |
Caveman says: HUNTS Fancy Scientist says: An organism that hunts for food | predator |
Caveman says: HUNTED Fancy Scientist says: An organism that is being hunted | prey |
Caveman says: PLANT FOOD CREATION PROCESS Fancy Scientist says: The process in which plants create their food using sunlight, CO2, and Water | photosynthesis |
Caveman says: INTERRUPTS ECOSYSTEM Fancy Scientist says: A species that does not belong/disrupts life in a foreign ecosystem | Invasive species |
Caveman says: BIG INTERCONNECTED FOOD CHAIN Fancy Scientist says: Weblike display of all of the interconnected relationships between organisms (food chains) in a given area | Food Web |