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- A LONG PERIOD OF TIME WITH LITTLE OR NO PRECIPITATION.
- DROUGHT
- AN ORGAINISM, SUCH AS A PLANT, THAT MAKES FOOD.
- PRODUCER
- A DEVELOPING ORGANISM THAT RESULTS FROM FERTILIZATION.
- EMBRYO
- A GROUP OF SIMILAR CELLS THAT WORK TOGETHER TO CARRY OUT A JOB.
- TISSUE
- A GROUP MADE UP OF TWO OR MORE VERY SIMILAR SPECIES.
- GENUS
- ANY ORGANISM THAT EATS THE FOOD PRODUCERS MAKE.
- CONSUMER
- THE PATTERN THAT SHOWS HOW FOOD CHAINS ARE RELATED.
- FOOD WEB
- THE SMALLEST GROUP INTO WHICH AN ORGANISM IS CLASSIFIED.
- SPECIES
- A GROUP OF TISSUES THAT WORK TOGETHER TO DO A CERTAIN JOB.
- ORGAN
- THE HOME OF AN ORGANISM.
- HABITAT
- ANY EVIDENCE OF AN ORGANISM THAT LIVED IN THE PAST.
- FOSSIL
- A DEPLETION OF RESOURCES THAT OCCURS WHEN TOO MANY OF AT LEAST ONE KIND OF LIVING THING INHABITS AN ECOSYSTEM.
- OVERPOPULATION
- THE SET OF STEPS IN WHICH ORGANISMS GET THE FOOD THEY NEED TO SURVIVE.
- FOOD CHAIN
- ONE TYPE OF ORGANISM LIVING IN AN AREA.
- POPULATION
- THE LIVING AND NONLIVING THINGS IN AN ENVIRONMENT AND ALL THEIR INTERACTIONS.
- ECOSYSTEM
- THE LIVING PART OF AN ECOSYSTEM.
- COMMUNITY
- HARMFUL MOISTURE THAT FALLS TO EARTH AFTER BEING MIXED WITH WASTES FROM BURNED FOSSIL FUELS.
- ACID RAIN
- AN ORGANISM THAT BREAKS DOWN WASTES AND THE REMAINS OF OTHER ORGANISMS.
- DECOMPOSER
- A PART OF THE AIR THAT IS NEEDED BY MOST PLANTS AND ANIMALS TO LIVE.
- OXYGEN
- A LIVING THING THAT CARRIES OUT FIVE BASIC LIFE FUNCTIONS ON ITS OWN.
- ORGANISM
- SAID OF AN ORGANISM NO LONGER ALIVE ON EARTH.
- EXTINCT
- A CHARACTERISTIC OF A LIVING THING.
- TRAIT
- THE LARGEST GROUP INTO WHICH AN ORGANISM CAN BE CLASSIFIED.
- KINGDOM
- THE ADDING OF HARMFUL SUBSTANCES TO THE WATER, AIR, OR LAND.
- POLLUTION
- THE SMALLEST UNIT OF LIVING MATTER.
- CELL