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| species | an interbreeding group of plants or animals that produces offspring |
| population | all the plants or animals of a particular species |
| producer | an organism that makes its own food |
| primary consumer | a plant eating animal - an herbivore |
| secondary consumers | animals that eat primary consumers - carnivores |
| decomposers | organisms that break down dead or decaying matter |
| survivability | to remain alive especially when faced with life threatening danger |
| interdependence | when two things rely on each other |
| endangered | species that are in danger of extinction - dying out |
| environment | all living and non-living things that infuence the development and survival of people, plants, and animals |
| feedback mechanism | an adjustment that an organism's system makes that allows it to maintain equilibrium (body temperature, Turgor Pressure, etc.) |
| Turgor Pressure | the balance of fluids in plants that keeps them rigid |
| equilibrium | a state in which balance and stability are attained |
| tissue | a group of similar cells performing the same function |
| bioengineering | the use of engineering techniques to solve medical problems |
| inherited trait | a characteristic that has been passed on genetically |
| gene | the basic unit that determines inherited traits |
| DNA | contains all hereditary info; found in a cell's nucleus |
| cilia | tiny projecting hairs on one-celled organisms that aid in movement |
