Ecosystems
This role in an ecosystem control's the population (or amount) of prey
Predators
This muscle beats 60-120 times per minute pumping blood through the body
The Heart
Frogs belong to this animal group that lives part of its life in water and part on land.
Amphibians
The tiny building blocks that make up every living thing.
Cells
Plants use sunlight, water, and air to make their own food in this process.
Photosynthesis
Bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds act as these
Pollinators
Hearing, sight, touch, taste, smell
All mammals have this covering on their bodies at some point in their lives.
Hair or Fur
This part of the cell is the “control center” and holds the DNA.
Nucleus
This part of the plant soaks up water and holds it in the soil.
Roots
Without prey this will happen to the predator population
Decline
This muscle makes your lungs contract and expand
Diaphragm
An animal that eats both plants and meat, like a bear, is called this.
Omnivore
This thin layer wraps around a cell and controls what goes in and out.
Membrane
Plants take in this gas from the air to help make their food.
carbon dioxide
Plants act in this role in an ecosystem
Producers
The scientific name for your skull
Cranium
Reptiles are warm or cold blooded
Cold
Plant cells have this stiff outer layer, but animal cells don’t.
Cell Wall
This green pigment in leaves captures energy from sunlight.
chlorophyll
An example of a decomposer
Fungi, bacteria, etc.
The longest bone in the body
Femur
This is the name for a caterpillar changing into a butterfly.
Metamorphosis
Known as the “powerhouse of the cell,” these turn food into energy.
Mitochondria
Bees carry this yellow powder from flower to flower so plants can make seeds.
Pollen