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Ecosystem Volabulary Quiz 1

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ecology   the study of the relationships between living things and their environment (examples: animals depend on plants, animals depend on other animals, all organisms depend on air and water)  
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ecosystem   a community of living and non-living things that interact with each other  
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environment   everything that surrounds an organism and influences it  
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germination   the process by which seeds swell up and begin to sprout and develop roots  
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inherited traits   characteristics passed on from parent to offspring (examples: eye color or hair color)  
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learned behavior   something you are taught  
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life cycle   the stages plants and animals go through from beginning of development  
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living   organisms that grow, take in nutrients, breathe, reproduce, move and react to things. (ex. animals, including humans, and plants.  
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non-living   anything that does not live and grow. (ex. water, air, clouds, soil and rocks)  
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offspring   the young of a person, animal or plant  
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organism   a living thing  
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photosynthesis   the process of plants using energy from sunlight to make their own food out of carbon dioxide (from the air) and water  
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sensitivity   an organism ability to detect and respond to the world around it  
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