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47 Cards in this Set
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Behavioral Adaptations |
animal behaviors that help them adapt to their environment, such as hibernating
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camouflage
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a trait in which an animal hides by blending in with its environment
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carnivore
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an animal that eats herbivores and omnivores, better known as a meat eater
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cell
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the smallest unit of living matter
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cell wall
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the stiff structure that protects and supports the plant cell
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cell membrane
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a thin covering that is found outside the cell of an animal and found inside the cell wall of a plant
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cytoplasm
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a jelly- like substance that fills a cell
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nucleus
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controls all cell activities
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chloroplast
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the plant cell's food factory (contains chlorophyll)
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vacuole
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a structure that stores a cell's food, water, and wastes
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Chemical Energy
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a type of energy that is stored in the particles that make up food and other fuels
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Climate
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the pattern of seasonal weather that happens year after year (over a long period of time)
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Condensation
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when a gas changes to a liquid
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Deposition
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the dropping off of sediment
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Eclipse
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a shadow cast by Earth or the Moon
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Solar Eclipse
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when the Moon casts a shadow on Earth
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Lunar Eclipse
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when Earth casts a shadow on the Moon
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Lunar
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refers to anything related to the Moon
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Ecosystem
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the interactions among biotic and abiotic factors
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Biotic Factors
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the living things in an environment
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Abiotic Factors
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the non-living things in an environment
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Electricity
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the energy that comes through electrical wires
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Energy Pyramid
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a model that shows the amount of energy at each level of a food chain
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Erosion
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the wearing away and removal of weathered rock and sediment
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Food Web
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the paths energy can take through multiple food chains
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Friction
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a force that works against motion
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Herbivore
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animals that eat only producers (plants)
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Lunar Cycle
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when the moon completes one cycle through all its phases
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Mass
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the amount of matter making up an object
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Metamorphosis
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a series of different body forms
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Complete Metamorphosis
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a series of different body forms where each life stage is unlike any other stage. The stages are egg, larva, pupa, and adult.
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Incomplete Metamorphosis
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three different stages of growth (egg, nymph, and adult)
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Migration
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going from one place to another
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Mimicry
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when one kind of living thing looks like another kind
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Omnivore
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an animal that eats both producers and consumers (plants & meat)
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Opaque
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an object that blocks light from passing through
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Physical Adaptation
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traits that can help an animal to survive in its environment such as: an elephant's trunk, a polar bear's fur, a camel's hump
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Physical Change
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a change that begins and ends with the same type of matter (Example: You can fold a piece of paper to make it look different, but it is still a piece of paper.)
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Producer
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organisms that make their own food (plants)
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Consumer
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an organism that gets energy by eating other living things
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Radiant Energy
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heat and light that can move through both air and space
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Reflection
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when light bounces off an object (example: looking in a mirror)
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Refraction
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the bending of light as it passes from one material to another
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Reproduction
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having young ones, making more of its own kind
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Transparent
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an object through which light can pass (example: clear glass)
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Translucent
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an object through which light can pass, but which scatters the light (example: frosted or stained glass)
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Weathering
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the breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces
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