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36 Cards in this Set
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Adaption
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a special trait that helps an organism survive.
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Carnivore
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a consumer that eats only animals
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Cell
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the smallest unit of living matter
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Chlorophyll
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a green substance in the plant cells that helps the plant make food by trapping the Sun's energy
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Classify
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to place things that share properties together in groups.
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Communicate
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to share information
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Community
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the living part of an ecosystem
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Compare
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point out similarities
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Hypothesis
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communicate, make a model, or predict what is going to happen in a scientific experiment
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Construct
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to put or fit together
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Create
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to make or design
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Decomposer
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an organism that breaks down wastes and the remains of other organisms
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Data
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facts to support or help draw conclusions
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Design
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a plan, form in the mind
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Enviroment
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all the surrounding things, conditions, and influences affecting the growth of living things
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Experiment
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to perform a test to support or disprove a hypothesis
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Extinct
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said of an organism no longer alive on Earth
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Evidence
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anything that shows what is true and what is not: facts, proof
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Food Chain
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the set of steps in which organisms get the food they need to survive
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Habitat
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the home of an organism
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Herbivore
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a consumer that eats only plants
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Instinct
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a pattern of behavior that requires no thinking because it is programmed into an animal's brain
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Investigate
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examine closely
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Infer
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to form an idea from facts or observations
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Life Cycle
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the stages of growth and change of an organism's life
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Observe
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to use one or more of the senses to identify or learn about an object or event
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Omnivore
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a consumer that eats both plants and animals
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Organism
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a living thing that carries out five basic life functions on its own
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Oxygen
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a part of the air that is needed by most plants and animals to live
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Photosynthesis
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a process in plants that uses energy from sunlight to make food from water and carbon dioxide
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Predict
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to state possible results of an event or experiment
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Procedure
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steps or directions to follow in a scientific experiment
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Producer
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an organism, such as a plant, that makes food
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Reproduction
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the making of offspring
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Results
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answers gathered from a scientific experiment
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Variable
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used to identify and seperate things in an experiment that can be changes or controlled
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