Who Lives Where?
What is Ecology?
An organism that makes its own food using sunlight
What is a Producer?
When and animal hides by blending in with its surroundings
What is Camouflage?
The process plants use to turn sunlight into sugar
What is Chlorophyll?
The "blueprint" molecule that carries genetic information
What is DNA?
The specific place where an organism lives, like a forest or a pond
What is a Habitat?
An animal that hunts other animals for food
What is a Predator?
A close relationship where two different organisms live together
What is Symbiosis?
The green pigment in plants that absorbs light energy
A gene that is always expressed or "shown" if it is present
A large region with a specific climate & certain types of plans & animals
What is a Biome?
This shows many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
What is a Food Web?
A relationship where both organisms help each other out
What is Mutualism?
The two things plants produce during photosynthesis
What are Oxygen & Sugar?
The process of a species changing over a long period of time
What is Evolution?
All living things (biotic) & non-living things (abiotic) in an area
What is an Ecosystem?
A "nature recycler" that breaks down dead matter & puts nutrients back in the soil
What is a Decomposer?
A relationship where one organism benefits but the other is harmed
What is Parasitism?
Tiny holes in a leaf where gas exchange happens
What are Stomata?
When humans breed plants or animals to get specific traits (like different dog breeds)
What is Artificial Selection?
All the different populations of organisms living together in one area
What is a Community?
An organism that eats both plants & meat
What is Carrying Capacity?
The specific part (organelle) of a plant cell where photosynthesis happens
What is the Chloroplast?
A chart that shows how traits are passed through several generations of a family
What is a Pedigree?