All Life Science Vocabulary Words
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| Living Element (Biotic) | Part of an ecosystem that requires energy to survive and has basic needs met in order to survive. Ex. Plant or animal
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| Non Living Element (Abiotic) | Part of an ecosystem that is not living such as the sun, water, air, rocks or soil
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| Ecosystem | The living and nonliving parts of an area that interact with each other.
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| Change | To make different
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| Impact | Direct effect or change
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| Organism | Any living thing
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| Producer | An organism that makes its own food
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| Consumer | An organism that gets its energy from eating other organisms
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| Predator | An organism that hunts and kills other organisms for food
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| Prey | An organism that is hunted and eaten by a predator
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| Parasite | An organism that must live on or inside another living organism in order to get its energy.
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| Host | The organism that parasite lives on or in
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| Decomposer | An organism that breaks down dead organisms and waste
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| Decomposition | The process in which dead organisms are broken down and returned to the soil
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| Food Chain | Shows the path of energy from one organism to another
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| Food Web | Many overlapping food chains linked together (Remember
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| Herbivore | Animals that eat only plants (Cows, zebras, giraffes, horses, rhinos, rabbits, pandas, deer, buffalo, elephants)
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| Carnivore | Animals that eat only meat (Lions, snakes, owls, wolves)
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| Omnivore | Animals that eat both plants and animals (Humans, nears, raccoons, mice, chickens, hogs)
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| Habitat | The area where a population of a species lives
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| Aquarium | A transparent tank where fish and other water organisms are kept
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| Terrarium | A transparent container full of plants that can house small animals
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| Environment | The surroundings/area where an organism lives
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| Population | All of the same type of organisms living in the same environment
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| Species | A group of organisms of the same kind that can produce offspring like themselves
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| Community | All of the populations living together in the same environment
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| Niche | The role or job and organism plays in its environment
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| Competition | Organisms fight against another species to reach a goal, usually to survive or reproduce
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| Endangered | A plant or animal that is found in such small numbers that is almost extinct
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| Extinct | A plant or animal species that is no longer alive
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| Nocturnal | Active at nights and sleeps in the day (bats)
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| Camouflage | To blend in to one’s surroundings
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| Vegetation | All the plant life in an ecosystem
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| Interdependence | The living things depending on each other
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| Migration | The seasonal movement of animals from one place to another
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| Hibernation | An animal’s body processes slowing down for survival in extreme conditions
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| Mimicry | To pretend to be or look like another organism for protection (coral snake)
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| Role | The part it plays, its position or duty
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| Offspring | New organisms that come from a parent organism
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| Inherited Traits | A characteristic that is passed from parents to offspring ( Hair color, eye color, skin tone
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| Heredity | The passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring
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| Instinct | A behavior an animal does without being taught ( migration, hibernation, building a nest, spinning a web)
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| Structural Adaptation | Physical features of an organism ( fur)
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| Adaptation | Something an organism has that helps it survive. (wings for flying, claws, beak)
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| Learned Behaviors | A characteristic that an organism learns by observing other organisms (reading, playing sports, dancing, having nice manners)
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| Life Cycle | The stages of growth and development that an organism goes through during its lifetime
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| Overpopulation | A population that is greater than the resources available in an ecosystem
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