Science-1st Nine Weeks
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- parasite
- an animal that is helped by living with another kind of animal
- annual
- a plant that lives only one year
- school
- a group of one kind of fish that moves together
- symbiosis
- a special way in which two different kinds of animals like together
- embryo
- tiny part of a seed that can grow into new plant
- consumer
- a living thing that depends on producers for food
- sepal
- one of the leaflike parts that a flower bud and that is usually green
- prey
- the animal that predators humt and eat
- classify
- to sort into groups based on similarities and differences
- reproduce
- to make more of the same kind
- spore
- a tiny cell that can grow into a new plant
- conifer
- a plant that makes seeds inside cones
- hibernate
- to spend the winter in a state in which the body greatly slows down
- pollen
- tiny grains that make seeds when combined with a flower's eggs
- fertilization
- the combination of material from a pollen grain with an egg to form a seed
- herbivore
- a consumer that eats only producers (plant eaters)
- instinct
- a behavior that an animal has at birth and does not need to learn
- host
- an animal that is harmed by a parasite
- stamen
- part of the flower thst makes the pollen
- ovary
- bottom part of the pistil in which the seed forms
- carnivore
- a consumer that eats only producers (meat eaters)
- pistil
- part of the flower that makes the eggs that grow into seeds
- pollination
- the movement of pollen from a stamen to a pistil
- prodoucer
- a living thing that can use sunlight to make sugars
- ovule
- the inner part of an ovary that contains an egg
- photosynthesis
- the way in which green plants trap the sun's energy and use it to change carbon dioxide and water into sugar
- response
- a behavior caused by a stimulus
- carbon dioxide
- a gas in the air
- migration
- movement from one place to another when the seasons change
- dormant
- a resting ststte of a seed
- protective coloration
- colors or patterns on an animal that help keep the animal from being seen by the predators
- predator
- a consumer that hunts, kills, and eats other animals
- evergreen
- a plant that stays green all year, including firs, spruces, and pines
- omnivore
- a consumer that eats producers and consumers (plant and meat eater)
- colony
- a kind of animal group in which each member has a different job
- monocot seed
- a seed that has one seed leaf and stored food outside the seed leaf
- dicot seed
- a seed that has two seed leaves that contain stored food
- nitrogen
- a mineral that plants need to grow
- adapted
- made fit to live under certain conditions
- behavior
- the way a living thing acts
- reflex
- a simple, automatic behavior
- stimulus
- the cause of a behavior
- chlorophyll
- a green material in plants that traps energy from the sunlight asnd gives plants a green color
- troop
- a kind of group in which animals such as boboons live
- decomposer
- a consumer that puts materials from dead plants and animals back into the soil, air, and water
- adaptation
- a structure or behavior that helps a living thing live in its surroundings
- food chain
- that path energy and materials take in a community
- pride
- a group of lions
- perennial
- a plant that can live two years or more
- pollution
- the addition of harmful substances to a community
- food web
- the flow of energy and materials through food chains that are connected