Diversity of Organisms
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| Organism | a living thing
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| Vascular Plant | has a system of tubes that carry water and nutrients throughout the plant.
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| Non vascular Plant | Does not have tubes. Usually grow close to the ground or moist places.
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| Spore | a plant cell that grows into another plant cell. Example of asexual reproduction.
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| Vertebrate | An animal that has a back bone
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| Invertebrate | An animal that does not have a back bone
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| Adaptation | Any feature that helps an organism survive in its enviroment
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| Fossil | The remains, trace, or print of an organism that lived in a past age.
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| Cell | Basic unit of life.
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| Nucleus | Control center of a cell
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| Cell membrane | Protect the cell and controls what enters and leaves
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| Cell Wall | Supports the cell; only found in plant cells
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| Cytoplasm | Contains organelles
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| Chloroplast | Uses the sun's energy to make food for the cell; only found in plants.
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| Organelle | a small structure that does a certain job in a cell.
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| Unicellular | An organism made of only one cell.
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| Multicellular | An organism made of two or more cells
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| Respiratory System | Takes in oxygen. Main organ in the lungs
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| Digestive System | Breaks down food. Main organ in the stomach
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| Circulatory System | Carries oxygen, food, and waste throughout the body in the blood. Main organ is the heart.
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| Skeletal System | Gives the body support and protect the organs. Main organ is the bones.
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| Muscular System | Allows the body to move. Main organ is the muscles
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| Nervous System | Controls all the other systems in the body. Main organ is the brain.
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| Sexual Reproduction | Reproduction with two parents. Male and female parts.
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| Asexual Reproduction | Reproduction with only one parent
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| Budding | An example of asexual reproduction. A new plant grows from a "bud" off the parent plant. Ex. Potato
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| Vegetative Propagation | An example of asexual reproduction. A new plant grows from a "runner" of the parent plant. Ex. Strawberry plant
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| Producer | An organism that makes it's own food. Ex. Plants
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| Consumer | An organism that cannot make their own food and must get energy from eating other organisms.
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| Herbivore | An organism that eats only plants
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| Carnivore | An organism that eats only animals
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| Omnivore | An organism that eats both plants and animals
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| Decomposer | An organism that gets energy by breaking down dead organisms
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| Food Chain | A model that shows the flow of energy from one organism
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| Food Web | Several food chains connected
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