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25 Cards in this Set
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ECOSYSTEM
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Group of living things and their environment
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ECOSYSTEM
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A group of living things and their environment.
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HABITAT
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The part of an organism's environment that provides it with shelter.
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ORGANISM
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A living thing.
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SYSTEM
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Different kinds of organs that work together; some examples are the digestive system, the respiratory system, and the skeletal system.
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ORGAN
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A group of different kinds of tissues that work together; the heart is an organ.
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TISSUE
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A group of cells, all of the same kind, that work together; nerve tissue is an example.
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CELL
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The smallest living unit of an organism; every living thing is made up of one or more cells.
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LIFE PROCESS
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The activities that are necessary to keep living things alive and to keep species in existence.
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NUTRIENTS
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The foods a plant or animal needs to survive.
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EROSION
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The wearing away of Earth's soil by wind and water.
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CHLOROPHYLL
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The green material in plants that enables them to use sunlight to produce food from water and carbon dioxide.
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PHOTOSYNTHESIS
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The process that occurs when plants use chlorophyll and sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into a sugar.
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HERBIVORE
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An animal that eats mainly plants.
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OMNIVORE
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An animal that eats both plants and meats.
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CARNIVORE
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An animal that eats mainly meat.
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METAMORPHOSIS
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The set of changes that an insect and some other organisms go through as they develop from an egg to an adult.
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BIODEGRADABLE
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Capable of being broken down by decomposers.
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SPECIES
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A specific kind of living thing; a lion, tiger, and cheetah are all different species.
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FRUIT
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A structure of a plant in which seeds are found.
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PROPERTY
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A characteristic of an object; something you can observe such as color, shape, or size.
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DORMANT
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In a resting or inactive state.
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MOLD
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A slimy or cotton like growth that develops on moist materials that works to decompose them.
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GERMINATION
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The beginning of development of a seed after a period of dormancy or rest.
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MOLT
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The process by which crayfish and insects shed their outer shell in order to grow.
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