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| a green substance in plant leaves that captures energy from the sun |
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| a gas in the atmosphere that plants use during the process of photosynthesis |
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| tiny holes in leaves of a plant that allow gases to enter or leave the plant |
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| the process in which plants use energy from the sun to make their own food |
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| an organism that makes its own food |
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| characteristics of an organism |
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| characteristics passed down from parents to offspring |
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| a change an organism undergoes in order to survive |
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| behaviors that are inherited |
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| behaviors that are learned |
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| the specific environment where an organism lives |
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| a group of organisms that produce offspring like themselves |
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| all the organisms of the same species that live in the same area at the same time |
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| populations of a different species that live in the same area at the same time |
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| all the populations of organisms and the nonliving things in an environment, and the interaction among them |
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| one of the six major areas of the world that is home to specific plant and animal populations and is defined by its climate |
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| the stages of development of an organism as it grows into an adult |
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| to grow in a strong and healthy way |
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| anything in the environment that can harm living organisms or damage the natural resources there |
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| an organisms role in an ecosystem based on how it gets its food |
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| animals that eat other organisms |
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| animals that eat only plants |
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| animals that eat only other animals |
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| animals that eat both plants and animals |
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| animals that hunt other animals for food |
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| animals that are hunted by predators |
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| organisms that feed on dead plants and animals, as well as animal wastes |
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| the path of energy from the sun to a plant to an animal to another animal |
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| a group of overlapping food chains |
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