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what is chemical digestion?
when our stomachs destroy the food we eat and turn it into energy.
what is mechanical digestion?
when we chew with our mouths
what is an abiotic trait?
something not that is not alive
what is a biotic trait?
something that is alive
what is a salt marsh or estuary?
a lake that is mixed with salt and freshwater
what is a tendon?
a muscle that connects bone to bone
D/T=____
speed
why do offspring look like their parents
they inherit the same genes
what is a joint?
A bone that connects bone to bone
what is a chromosome?
The group of genes that decides what you look like
what is a decomposer?
a creature that turns dead creatures into fertilizer
what is a producer?
a living thing that makes its own food
what is a consumer?
a creature that eats other creatures
what is a scavenger?
a creature that eats dead creatures
what is an omnivore?
a creature that eats both meat and plants
what is a carnivore?
a creature that only eats meat
what is a herbivore?
a creature that eats only plants
what is a food chain?
a group of creatures that eat each other starting with a producer
what is an aquatic biome?
a biome that is under or on water
what is a terrestrail biome?
a biome that is inland
who is known as the father of modern genetics?
Gregor Mendel
what is a dominant gene?
a gene that is more common to have
what is a recessive gene
a gene that is more rare
what is an example of a scavenger?
a vulture or hyena
what is an instinct?
a thing you know when you are born