| A | B |
| Proteins | Combine with amino acids to make up these. |
| Digestion | The life activity that releases energy form chemicals. |
| Producers | Organisms that make their own food. |
| Fungi | Mushrooms and yeast are examples of these. |
| Mitosis | The division of teh nucleus into two new nuclei. |
| Osmosis | The movement of materials form an area of high concentrarion to an area of low concentration. |
| Pathogen | The cause of infectious diseases. |
| Xylem | Carries water and mineral from roots to other parts of a plant. |
| Fertilization | The joining of an egg cell and a sperm cell. |
| Brain | The control center for the vertebrates nervous system. |
| Spinal cord | The central nervous system has two main parts, the brain and the _____. |
| Trachea | It is part of the respiratory system. |
| Carlolus Linnaeus | He develooped the system for the scientific naming of organism that is used today. |
| Edward Jenner | He developed the first vaccine, which was for smallpox. |
| Community | Different populations living in one place. |
| Nutrients | All the chemicals living things need. |
| Photosynthesis | Process in which plants make food. |
| Biome | An ecosystem found over a large geographic area. |
| Artery | Blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart. |
| Vitamins | Nutrients that are found in small amounts in food. |
| Tissue | Groups of similar cells that work together. |
| Vaccines | They cause the body to make antibodies against a specific pathogen. |
| Decompose | To break down into simpler substances. |
| Chromosomes | Contain DNA |
| Arthropods | Invertebrates with jointed legs. |
| Adaptions | Allow organisms to live in a certain environment. |
| Phloem | Carries food from leaves to other parts of a plant. |
| Digestive | A sustem of which the small intestine is a part. |
| Herbivores | Animals that eat plants. |
| Endocrine | A system of which glands are a part. |
| Respiratory | System of which the lungs are a part. |
| Spontaneous generation | The idea that living things can come from nonliving things. |
| Scientific name | The two-word name of a species. |
| Reproduce | Something a living organism must to to survive. |
| Solution | Somethng water dissovles other chemicals into. |
| Capillaries | Carry blood and its walls are only one cells thick. |
| Circulatory | In animals it is the system that transports oxygen throughout the body. |
| Cell membrane | What surrounds a cell and holds it together. |
| Responding | Along with sensing it involves plants and animals picking up signals and then changing or moving. |
| Kingdoms | The five divisions of living things. |
| Motor | The neurons that carry impulses from the brain and spinal cord to muscles and glands. |
| Decomposers | Break down the chemicals in dead orgainsms into simpler chemicals. |
| Food chain | The feeding order of organisms in a community. |
| Extinct | When all members of a species are dead. |
| Endangered | There are almost no animals left of a certain species. |
| Threatened | When there are few of a species of animals than there used to be. |
| Food guide pyramid | A guide for good nutrition. |
| Functions of skelatal system | Supports the body and gives it shape, protects organs, allows movement, the place where blood cells are formed, and stores minerals. |
| Benefits of photosynthesis | Produces food as energy for plants and animals and releases oxygen. |