Science Test #5
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- What is the name for something that can't make its own food and must eat something else to live.
- consumer
- what is an exoskeleton?
- a skeleton worn on the outside
- What is the name for something with chlorophyll that makes its own food?
- producer
- what does biotic mean?
- biotic refers to living things, or things that were once living, in an environment.
- What does terrotorial mean?
- That species will protect its property. For example, our fish will fight with other types of fish for territory.
- what is an organism that feeds on dead matter and breaks it down into simpler substances called?
- a decomposer
- What is a scavenger?
- an organism that feeds on dead matter and breaks it down into simpler substances.
- What is an ovipositor?
- What a female cricket uses to lay eggs.
- what is molting?
- when an organism sheds its exoskeleton.
- what is chlorophyll?
- the chemical that allows plants to carry on photosynthesis
- what does abiotic mean?
- abiotic refers to non-living things in an environment
- what is germination?
- when plant seeds come above the surface
- What is a terrarium?
- a container that holds small plants and/or animals
- what is the mantle?
- it's what makes the snail's shell
- What are the characteristics of insects?
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6 legs
3 parts: head, thorax, abdomen - what is interdependency?
- when at least two things mutually depend on each other.
- What is the name of the process plants use to make food?
- photosynthesis
- what class of animals do snails belong to?
- gastro pods