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ashleys science test
words and definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Decomposer | an organism that breaks down materials in dead organisms |
| energy | passed from one organism to another in a food chain or web |
| The sun | bagins all food cchains and food webs |
| predator | an animal that hunts for food |
| steps of the scientific method | 1. ask a question 2. form a hypothesis 3.create and preform experimenta 4.communicate results 5.analyze data |
| endangered | a species of organisms that is in danger od disappearing |
| Herbivore | an animal that eats only plants |
| population | a group of the same kind of organism living in the same area |
| community | two or more populations of different spiecies living together |
| habitat | a place where an animal lives, finds its food, and is sheltered |
| Camouflage | ability of an organism to adjust to theie surroundings |
| Scientific Method | a process that scientist use to find answers to question about the world around us |
| Prey | an animal that is being hunted for food |
| Adaption | ability of an organism to adjust to their surroundings |
| Hibernation | sleeping through the winter and surviving on the bodies stored fat |
| 5 characteristics of living things | 1.acquie materals and energy 2. develop and reproduce 3.respond 4.adapt 5.made of cells |
| 4 things necessary for survuval of all living things | 1.food 2.oxgen 3.water 4.sunlight |
| Migration | moving from one area to another |
| biotic | is something that is living or once was living |
| food web | a system of overlapping food chains |
| system | a group of parts that work together to perform a task |
| extint | a species of organism that has completely disappeared |
| abiotic | is something that is not living |
| ecosystem | a group of things that work and live in an enviroment |
| hypothesis | an educated quess always written as a statement |
| mimicry | an organisms ability to make itself look like another organism |
| consumer | must eat a producer or consumer for energy |
| producer | make its own food gets energy from the sun |
| omnivore | an animal that eats both plants and other animals |
| comivore | an animal that eats only meat |
| food chain | transfer of energy from one organism to another organism |