| A | B |
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| Adaptation | A characteristic that helps an organism survive in its environment |
| Stimulus | A change in an organisms environment that causes it to react |
| Response | an action or change in behavior |
| Animalia Kingdom | ANIMAL KINGDOM (birds, rabbits, snakes) |
| Plantae Kingdom | PLANT KINGDOM (sunflower, tree, tomatoes) |
| Protista Kingdom | PROTIST KINGDOM (slime molds, water molds) |
| Absorption | How fungi get their food |
| Germination | The early growth stage of a baby plant |
| Metamorphosis | A process where an animals body goes through a dramatic change (starts with an egg, ends with an adult) |
| Taxonomic Key | A series of paired statements that describe characteristics of different organisms used to identify a specific organism |
| Photosynthesis | The process plants use to make food |
| Raw materials for photosynthesis | carbon dioxide and water |
| Products for photosynthesis | sugar and oxygen |
| Molting | shedding an outgrown exoskeleton |
| Danger of molting? | body is left unprotected while new exoskeleton grows back |
| Cell | basic unit of structure and function in an living thing |
| Homeostasis | maintaining stable internal conditions despite changes in the environment (stays the same!) |
| The 4 NEEDS of Living Things | Energy, water, living space, homeostasis |
| CELL MEMBRANE | Controls movement of materials in and out of the cell |
| CELL WALL | Provides shape, structure and protection for the cell |
| NUCLEUS | Controls cell functions (like the brain) |
| CHLOROPLAST | Where food making happens – photosynthesis |
| VACUOLE | Storage area for cell, maintains water content of cell |
| SPONGE ADAPTATION | Filter feeds- strains water that has food particles in it |
| CNIDARIAN ADAPTATION | Stinging tentacles paralyze prey and move food to the mouth |
| MOLLUSK ADAPTATION | Sucks in water and food, mucous (slime) traps the food and moves it to mouth |
| WORM ADAPTATION | Mouth takes in soil and food into digestive tract |
| ARTHROPOD ADAPTATION | Feet attach to leaves, mouth parts chew food |
| ECHINODERM ADAPTATION | Suckers on flexible tube feet move prey to mouth |
