| A | B |
|---|
| biology | the study of life |
| consumer | organism that can't make their own food |
| energy | the ability to do work |
| siphon | a structure in a zebra mussel that allows it to take in food |
| photosynthesis | the process of converting the sunlight energy into food |
| food chain | the passage of food and the energy it contains from producer to a consumer and finally to a decomposer |
| evolution | change in organisms over a period of time |
| homeostasis | the steady state of the internal operation of an organism regardless of external changes |
| organization | the body structure of an organism |
| reproduction | the production of offspring |
| producer | makes its own food |
| chlorophyll | a green substance that traps light from the sun |
| community | an assortment of life forms within a given place where all organisms interact |
| development | the series of changes an organism undergoes in reaching its final adult form |
| adaptation | traits (developed according to an organisms coded instruction) |
| cellular respiration | process used by producers and consumers to convert the energy in glucose and other sugars to a usable form of an energy |
| decomposer | feed on the dead remains and wastes of living organisms (their feeding causes decay) |
| growth | an increase in the amount of living material in organisms |
| organims | anything capable of carrying on life processes |
| zebra mussels | bivalves that invaded the Great Lakes |
