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Life Science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Adaptation | Charateristic of an organism that helps it survive in its environment |
| Organism | Any living thing |
| Environment | Place where organisms live |
| Learned Characteristic | Something an organism does or has because it was taught |
| Inherited Characteristic | Something an organism does or has because it was passed on from its parents |
| Offspring | Children |
| 4 Basic needs for Life | Food, Water, Clean Air, Shelter |
| Habitat | Shelter where an organism lives |
| Metamorphosis | Change in an organisms body structure that take place when it grows. |
| Niche | the Role that an organism plays in its environment. |
| Photosynthesis | Process where plants make their own food using sunlight. |
| Producer | Organims, like a plant, that changes the suns light into energy. |
| Stages of Incomplete Metamorphesis | Egg, Larva, Pupa |
| Trait | a characteristic of an organism, such as hair color. |
| Roots | Part of the plant that gets water from the soil |
| Leaves | Part of the plant that makes food from sunlight (photosynthesis) |
| Stem | Part of plant that holds it up and moves water and food throughout it. |
| Flower | Part of plant that includes its reproductive system. |
| Reproduce | To make more |
| Tree ring | Layer added to trees every year |