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| Acquired Traits | charactristicsthat develop as an organism ineracts with its environment; result from learning |
| Adaptation | a trait that helps an organis survive and reproduce. itcan be sructral (related to the body) o behavioral (related to actions) |
| Behavior | an action taken in an environmen; the ay an organism acts to survive within an environment. |
| Camouflage | a physical adaptation in which animals blend with or ar hidden by the environment |
| Carbon-dioxide-oxygen cycle | the process by which carbon and oxygen cycle among plants, animals, and the environment. |
| Carnivore | an animal that only eats other animals |
| Cell | the basic usnit of structure and function of all living things |
| Characteristic/Trait | any feature of an organism. |
| Chrysalis | the shell that holds the pupa during the metamorphosis of a butterfly |
| Community | all the living things in an ecosystem |
| Competition | the struggle between two organisms to obtain the same resources in an ecosystem |
| Decomposer | an organism in the food chain that breaks down the remains of dead organisms |
| Ecosystem | an area where living organisms interact with each othe and nonliving things in he environmet |
| Extinct | no longer living on Earth |
| Flat Teeth | way to identify an animal that eats plants (herbivore) |
| Food Chain | a pathe of matter and energy n a community |
| Food Web | a series o overlappingfood chains |
| Habitat | the environment in which an animal or plant lives |
| Herbivore | a animal that eats only plants; |
| Hibernation | an adaptation in which animals sleep through the winter as a means of survival |
| Inherited Trait | features that are passed from parent to offspring through genes. The organism is born with it. |
| Instinct | a behavioral trait passed from parent to offspring through genes. |
| Interaction | way in which living organisms relate to each other; way in which non-livng systems work together |
| Larva | the early, worm-like stage in the life-cycle of an insect |
| Leaf | the food-making part of a green plant |
| Learned/Acquired Behavior | actions that develop as an organism interacts with the environmen. These ations are learned. Opposite of Instinct |
| Life Cycle | the stages of development an organism goes through as it grows and develops |
| Metamorphosis | the changes in the shape and form some organisms go through during their life cycles |
| Migration | an adaptation in which animals move from one place to another for the purpose of survival |
| Niche | the role or job of an organism in an ecosystem |
| Nitrogen cycle | the cycle in which nitrogen gas is changed into form of nitrogen that plants can use |
| Omnivore | an animal that eats both plants and animals |
| Photosynthesis | the process by which plants use sunlight to change carbon dioxide and water to food |
| Population | the number of organisms of a particular species in a community |
| Predator | an animal that hunts down other animals |
| Prey | an animal in the food chain that only eats plants |
| Primary Consumer | an animal in the food chain that only eats plants; herbivore |
| Producer | an organism, such as a plant, that can make its own food |
| Pupa | a stage in metaorphosis when the organism changes from a larva to an adult |
| Reproduction | the process by which organisms produce offspring and ensure survival of a species |
| Resource | any material that an organism needs for survival and obtains from its habitat |
| Secondary Consumer | an animal within a food chain that eats other animals |
| Seed | a developing plant embryo surrounded by a protective coat and a food supply |
| Sharp Teeth | way to identify a meat-eating animal |
| Species | a group of one type of organism that can mate and produce offspring |
| Symmetry | the sameness of form in the halves of an object |
| Tadpole | a step in the metamorphosis of a frog in which the frog has a tail and gills |
| Trait | a characteristic of an organism. |
| Tree growth rings | rings inside the trunk of a tree that tell a tree's age and indicate the years of abundant rainfall and drought. To determine the age of a tree, count the rings. Wide rings indicate abundant rainfall, while thinner rings indicate drought |
