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52 Cards in this Set
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All living things are made up of... |
Cells |
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What are cells? |
The smallest living unit in the world |
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Unicellular Organisms have... |
One cell |
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Multicellular Organisms have... |
Two or more cells |
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An organism needs... |
Food, Water, Waste Removal, and an Environment to live in |
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Organelles |
Little structures inside of cells that all have a specific function |
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Plant Cells |
Nucleus, Mitochondria, Cell Wall, Cell Membrane, Chloroplast |
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Animal Cells |
Nucleus, Mitochondria, Cell Membrane |
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Living cells come from... |
Other living cells |
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System |
Group of similar or related parts that move or work together |
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Tissues |
A big group of cells with a common of the same function |
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Organs |
A part of an organisms that has a specific function Heart Kidney Liver Brain Lungs |
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Organ Body Systems |
A group of organs working together that makes one or more functions Circulatory Digestive Respiratory Nervous |
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Human Body System |
A group of organ systems that help the body function |
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Circulatory System |
Circulates blood around the body |
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Excretory System |
Gets rid of waste |
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Digestive System |
Turns food into energy |
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Muscular System |
Helps your body move |
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Nervous System |
Works with your brain to control your body functions |
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Respiratory System |
Takes oxygen in and removes CO2 |
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Protecting Young is |
Building nests and herding |
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Courtship is |
Vocalization, colorful plumage, and territorialization. |
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Nest building provides |
a safe place for eggs and young birds to develop |
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Materials used while nest building |
Grass, leaves, lichen, fur, mud, feathers, paper, plastic, yarn |
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Nests are typically built by |
females |
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Where are nests normally built? |
Ground, trees, cliffs, buildings |
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Herding helps young |
adapt to move quickly |
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When in danger, the herd does what with the young? |
Move them to the middle of the pack |
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How is strength shown when herding? |
They put the strongest ones on the outside |
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Vocalization |
How animals communicate |
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Colorful Plumage |
Male characteristic, shows off new, colorful feathers to attract a mate |
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Transferring Pollen |
Pollinators transfer pollen grans (Male) to the stigma (Female) |
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Transferring Seeds |
Sticky barbs or goo that attaches to fur Hidden in fruits then digested Nut Seeds collected and buried by animals |
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What attracts pollinators? |
Colorful petals, nectar, and odors |
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Hard Shells and Nuts |
Nut: a kind a fruit with a hard wall around the seed, that does not split open when the seed is ripe |
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Sepal |
Part that keeps petals together |
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Anther |
Part that contains the pollen |
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Pistil |
Female parts of the flower |
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Style |
Where the pollen is deposited |
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Ovary |
Part of the plant which holds the ovules (What grows into a seed) |
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Zygote |
When the DNA meet and creates a new plant |
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Embryo |
Plant in an early stage of development |
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Gymnosperm |
A seed that develops outside of the plant |
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Angiosperm |
A seed that develops inside the plant |
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The amount of these in an ecosystem determines the plant's ability to grow |
Light, Water, Space, Temperature |
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Specific Breeds |
Genes dictate if it would be a plant or an animal, what species it would be, adaption, resistance to pests and decease, stress tolerance, and crop yield |
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Sunlight |
The rays that shine down from the sun |
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Water |
A liquid that is two parts hydrogen, one part oxygen |
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Temperature |
The degree of how hot or cold it is in an ecosystem |
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Space |
The area that an ecosystem has |
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Ecosystem |
The area in which something lives |
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Genetic |
Similar or is of the same gene |
