Vocab
Characteristics of living things
Needs of organisms
How organisms use energy
reproduction
100
the study of areas of science that deals with living things
What is life science
100
all organisms are made from these "building blocks"
What are cells?
100
an organism that makes it own food
What is an autotroph
100
living things need food because it provides them with these
What are nutrients
100
the false idea that living things come from nonliving things
What is spontaneous generation
200
studying our working in only one part of a subject
What is specialization?
200
all organism use this to do work.
What is energy
200
an organism that cannot make its own food
What is a heterotroph
200
the process of taking in food is called
What is ingestion
200
process by which living things produce new organisms like themselves
What is reproduction
300
The study of plants and flowers
What is botany
300
organisms react to changes in their surroundings
What is a response
300
a plant
What is an example of a autotroph
300
the way in which living things respond to stimuli
What is a behavior
300
new organism produced by a living thing (like your brother or your sister)
What is an offspring
400
the study of animals
What is zoology?
400
organisms can produce more organisms through a process called this
What is reproduction?
400
The process of keeping body conditions inside the same
What is homeostasis
400
inactive states of some animals during winter months
What is hibernation
400
reproduction needing only one parent
What is asexual reproduction
500
any living thing
What is an organism?
500
when organisms blend into their surroundings to adapt and protect themselves from predators
What is camouflage?
500
the most common substance in our bodies, all organisms need it to live
What is water
500
seasonal movement of animals from one place to another and back
What is migration
500
reproduction needing two parents
What is sexual reproduction
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