| A | B |
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| Organisms | living things |
| Chlorophyll | a green substance in plant leaves that captures energy from the sun |
| Carbon dioxide | a gas in the atmosphere that plants use during the process of photosynthesis |
| Stomata | tiny holes in the leaves of a plant that allow gases to enter or leave the plant |
| Photosynthesis | the process in which plants use energy from the sun to make their own food |
| Producer | an organism that makes its own food |
| Traits | characteristics of an organism |
| Inherited traits | characteristics passed down from parents to offspring |
| Offspring | children |
| Adapt | change |
| Perish | die |
| Adaptation | a change an organism undergoes in order to survive |
| Reproduce | to make offspring |
| Instinctive behaviors | behaviors that are inherited |
| Learned behaviors | behaviors that are learned |
| Habitat | the specific environment where an organism lives |
| Species | a group of organisms that produce offspring like themselves |
| Population | all the organisms of the same species that live in the same are at the same time |
| Community | populations of different species that live in the same are at the same time |
| Ecosystem | all the populations of organisms and the nonliving things in an environment, and the interaction among them |
| Biome | one of the six major land areas of the world that is home to specific plant and animal populations and is defined by its climate |
