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| organism | a living thing |
| kingdom | the largest and most general classification of living things |
| scientific name | the name for every living thing that combines the genus and species |
| stem | a structure that holds a plant up and supports its leaves |
| root | a plant part that anchors a plant in the ground, stores food, and draws moisture and nutrients from the soil |
| photosynthesis | the process in which plants and some other organisms use sunlight to make food in the form of glucose |
| seed | a structure that contains a young, developing plant and stored food |
| pollination | the transfer of pollen from an anther to the stigma |
| vertebrate | an animal with a segmented backbone |
| chordate | an animal with a nerve chord running down its back |
| endoskeleton | an inner supporting structure of bones |
| invertebrate | an animal without a backbone |
| digestion | the process in which digested food is broken down into molecules that are usable by cells |
| respiration | the process of releasing energy from food molecules such as glucose, which takes place in the mitochondria of a cell |
| circulation | the movement of important materials such as oxygen, glucose, and wastes throughout the body |
| cold-blooded | the type of animal whose body temperature changes with the temperature of its surroundings |
| adaptation | a change in an organism that helps it survive or reproduce in its environment |
| tropism | the response of an organism toward or away from a stimulus |
| camouflage | an appearance that makes something look like its surroundings |
| mimcry | an adaptation in which an animal is protected against predators by its resemblance to a different animal |
| instinct | an inherited behavior, one that is not learned but is done automatically |
| species | a group of similar organisms that reproduce more of their own kind |
| arthropod | invertebrate animals with jointed legs and tough exoskeletons that must be shed as the animal grows. |
| transpiration | The process in which water from a plant is given off into the air |
| vascular | containing plant tissues through which water moves up and food moves down |
