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Fletcher-Life2
Fletcher's Resource Life science Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Biodiversity | The different types of living things in an ecosystem |
| Survival | Having enough Food, water, and shelter are all very important for a species ______________ |
| Lifecycle | Stages of development from birth to adulthood that includes reproduction |
| Environment | The area and climate conditions in which living things make their home |
| Characteristic | Something that helps us identify different species of living things |
| Inherit | To get something that is passed down from earlier generations |
| Trait | A feature that shows what something is like (like big eyes on an owl) |
| Function | The job that something does (like the job of your teeth is chewing) |
| Species | A group of living things that are of one kind and can reproduce together |
| Structure | The parts that make up a plant or animal, like roots or bones |
| Insects | Something that the Gracilis Pitcher Plant eats |
| Tadpole | the first stage of a frog's life (when they don't have any legs) |
| Caterpillar | The larva stage of a butterfly's life |
| Butterfly | What a caterpillar becomes when it is an adult |
| Frog | What a tadpole will become when it is an adult |
| Photosynthesis | The process done by green plants to turn Sunlight energy into energy that is stored in chemical bonds. |
| Producers | Organisms like green plants that do photosynthesis to make their own food from sunlight |
| Consumers | Organisms that cannot make their own food so they must eat other organisms for energy |
| Decomposers | Organisms that get their energy by feeding on dead or decaying matter |
| Herbivores | Consumers that only eat plants to get their food energy |
| Carnivores | Consumers that only eat other animals (meat) to get their food energy |
| Omnivores | Consumers that can eat plants or animals to get their food energy |
| Food chain | The path that energy takes from the sun to plants, then to animals, and back to the earth |
| Primary consumers | Consumers that eat first in a food chain which means they eat a producer |
| Secondary Consumers | Consumers in a food chain that eat a primary consumer animal |
| Niche | The job an organism has in an ecosystem which is based on where it is in a food chain |
| Top Consumers | Consumers that are without any natural predators |
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