Life Science For 5Th Grade Taks

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Acquired traits

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Characteristics that develop as an organism interacts with its environment; result from learning

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Adaptation

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A trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce. It can be structural (related to the body) or behavioral (related to actions)

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Behavior

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An action taken in an enviorment; the way an organism acts to survive within an environment. Some behaviors are inherited (instincts), while others are acquired (learned).

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Camouflage

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A physical adaptation in which animals blend with or are hidden by the environment

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Carbon dioxide-oxygen cycle

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The process by which carbon and oxygen cycle among plants, animals, and the environment; photosynthesis

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Carnivore

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An animal that only eats other animals; secondary consumer

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Cell

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The basic unit of structure and funtion of all living things

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Characteristic/trait

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Any feature of an organism. It can be structural/physical (related to the body) or behavioral (related to actions). The words characteristic and trait are synonyms and are used interchangeably.

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Chrysalis

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The shell that holds the pupa during the metamorphosis of a butterfly

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Community

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All the living things in an ecosystem

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Competition

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The struggle between two organisms to obtain the same resources in an ecosystem

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Decomposer

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An organism in the food chain that breaks down the remains of dead organisms

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Ecosystem

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An area where living organisms interact with each other and nonliving things in the environment

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Extinct

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No longer living on Earth

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Flat teeth

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Way to identify an animal that eats plants (herbivores)

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Food chain

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A path of mattmer and energy in a community

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Food web

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A series of overlapping food chains

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Habitat

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The environment in which an animal or plan lives

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Herbivore

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An animal that eats only plants; primary consumer

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Hibernation

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An adaptation in which animals sleep through the winter as a means of survival

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Inherited trait

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Features (both structural and behavioral) that are passed from parents to offspring through genes. In other words, the organism is born with it.

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Instinct

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A behavioral trait passed from paret to offspring through genes. THe organism is born with instincts. Instincts are not taught.

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Interaction

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Way in which living organisms relate to each other; way in which nonliving systems work together

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Larva

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The early, worm-like stage in the life cycle of an insect

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Leaf

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The food-making part of a green plant

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Learned/Acquired behavior

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actions that develop as an organism interacts with the enviorment. These actions are learned. Acquired behavior is the opposite of instinct.

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Life cycle

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The stages of development an organism goes through as it grows and develops

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Metamorphosis

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The changes in the shape and form some organisms go through during their life cycles

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Migration

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An adaptation in which animals move from one place to another for the purpose of suvival

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Niche

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The role or job of an organism in an ecosystem

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Nitrogen cycle

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The cycle in which nitrogen gas is changed into forms of nitrogen that plants can use

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Omnivore

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An animal that eats both plants and animals

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Photosynthesis

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The process by which plants use sunight to change carbon dioxide and water into food

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Population

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The number of organisms of a particlar species in a community

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Predator

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An animal that hunts down other animals; carnivore; secondary consumer

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Prey

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An animal that is hunted down and eaten by other animals; herbivore; primary consumer

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Primary consumer

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An animal in the food chain that only eats plants

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Producer

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An organism, such as a plant, that can make its own food

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Pupa

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A stage in the metamorphosis when the organism changes from a larva to an adult

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Reproduction

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The process by which organism produce offspring and ensure survival of a species

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Resource

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Any material that an organism needs for survival and obtains from its habitat

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Secondary consumer

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An animal within a food chain that eats other animals; predator; carnivore

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Seed

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A devloping plant embryo surrounded by a protective coat and a food supply

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Sharp teeth

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Way to identify a meat-eating animal (carnivore)

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Species

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A group of one type of organism that can mate and produce offspring

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Symmetry

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The sameness of form in the halves of an object

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Tadpole

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A step in the metamorphosis of a frog inw hich the frog has a tail an dgills

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Trait

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A characteristic of an organism. It can be structural or behavioral, inherited or acquired

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Tree Growth Rings

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Rings inside the trunk of a tree that tell a tree's age and indicate the years of abundant rainfall and rought. To determine the age of a tree, count the rings. Wide rings indicate abundant rainfall, while thinner rings indicate drought.

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fertilization

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the joining of a female sex cell and a male sex cell into one cell: a fertilized egg

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germination

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the sprouting of a seed into a new plant

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perish

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to be destroyed, ruined or wiped out

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environment

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conditions that affect the growth, development and survival of organisms

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organism

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an individual form of life, such as a plant or animal

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consumer

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an animal that eats plants or eats other plant-eating animals

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mimicry

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an animals use of its appearance to look unpleasant to its predators

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biome

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one of Earth's largest ecosystems, with its own climate, soil, plants & animals

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chlorophyll

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a green chemical in plant cells that allows plants to use the Sun's energy for making food

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component

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serving as one of the parts of a whole