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38 Cards in this Set
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Acquire materials and energy |
a way of getting food to fuel activities |
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Develop and reproduce |
a living thing's growth in stages |
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Respond |
a normal routine or reaction |
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Adapt |
adjust to a change or learn a new routine |
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Made of Cells |
basic building blocks of living things |
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After a flood, people build new houses on higher land. |
Adapt |
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Animals are made of millions of smaller components |
made of cells |
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Trumpeter swans fly to Montana for the winter. |
respond |
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Livings things are... |
organized, dependent, unique |
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cell |
the basic building block of all living things |
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tissue |
a group of cells working together |
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organ |
made from groups of tissue |
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organ system |
made from a group of organs |
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organism |
made from many organ systems, a living thing |
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population |
the number of the same organisms in an area |
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community |
two or more populations of different species living together |
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ecosystem |
all the living and non-living elements in the same area |
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biosphere |
all of the ecosystems together, the largest group of living things |
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multi-cellular |
having more than one cell |
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dependence |
a relationship in which an organism needs something else in order to survive |
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principle |
a rule that helps us identify patterns seen throughout nature
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Eating and breathing |
acquiring materials |
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A baby kangaroo lives the first part of its life in its mother's pouch |
develop and reproduce |
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system |
a group of parts that work together to perform a task |
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A bee gets food from the flower... |
...and the flower is pollinated by the bee |
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A remora fish gets food by cleaning the manta ray... |
...and the manta ray is helped because he gets cleaned |
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Squirrels get food by eating acorns... |
...and the oak tree is helped because the squirrels help make more trees grow |
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Acquiring materials is a way of |
obtaining food to fuel activities |
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A cat purrs when petted |
react |
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Termites can ruin a house by eating the wooden structure |
obtaining materials |
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When the weather is cold, mice move into houses to make their homes |
react or adapt |
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A chameleon changes its color to green when it is next to a plant |
react |
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Killer whales come to the water surface about every four minutes |
obtain materials |
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A baby kangaroo spends up to eight months in its mothers pouch |
develop and reproduce |
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A dog hides under a bed during a thunderstorm |
react |
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A baby robin hatches from an egg |
develop and reproduce |
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A cow's stomach is composed of many tiny units |
made of cells |
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A camel drinks water during a break from the hot sun |
obtain or react |
