the basic building blocks of all living organisms
What are cells?
gives body a frame/structure, protects, and makes blood
What is skeletal system?
a characteristic of a living thing
What is a trait?
all the biotic and abiotic factors in an area
What is am ecosystem?
grass (producer) - grasshopper (consumer) - bird (consumer) - mushroom (decomposer)
What is a food chain?
Made of one cell: amoeba, euglena, bacteria
What is a unicellular organism?
provides movement
What is muscular system?
how living things respond to their environment
What is behavior?
lakes, ponds, oceans, estuaries
What are AQUATIC ecosystems?
A complex network of many connected food chains
What is a food web?
Has many different specialized cells: plants, animals
What are multicellular organisms?
Breaks down food into useable nutrients and energy for cells
What is the digestive system?
eye color, dimples, attached earlobes
What are inherited traits ?
they make their own food through photosynthesis
What are producers?
Model showing how the amount of energy changes as it moves through a food web.
What is an Energy pyramid?
nucleus, cytoplasm, cell membrane
What are parts of a cell?
The transport system that works with both the digestive and respiratory systems
What is the cardiovascular (circulatory) system?
the ability to speak Spanish, dance, and play guitar
What are acquired traits?
Name 3 types of consumers.
What are herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores?
This organism can show up in any part of a food chain to breakdown dead organic matter.
What is a decomposer?
name two basic life processes
What are move, find food, grow, reproduce, excrete waste, breathe? (named any two)
the 3 main parts of the nervous system
What is the brain, spinal chord, and nerves?
You inherit 1/2 of your ______ from your mom and 1/2 from your dad
What are genes?
Breakdown dead materials that enrich the soil
What are decomposers?
This level of consumer receives the least amount of energy.
What are tertiary consumers (apex predators)?