8th Grade SSA Vocab Life Science Part 1

A series of chemical reactions that covert the energy in food molecules into a usable form of energy called ATP.

• cellular respiration

• photosynthesis

• endothermic

• exothermic

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A series of events that are regularly repeated in the same order

• steps

• cycle

• process

• rotation

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The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water.

• cellular respiration

• photosynthesis

• endothermic

• exothermic

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Starting components of a chemical reaction.

• elements

• molecules

• reactants

• products

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Substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction.

• element

• molecule

• reactant

• product

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A nonliving part of the ecosystem.

• biotic

• abioitic

• competition

• survival

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BIOLOGY

A change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment.

• adaptation

• survival

• predation

• commensalism

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An organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals.

• autotroph

• heterotroph

• predator

• prey

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The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

• hydrodiversity

• autodiversity

• geodiversity

• biodiversity

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Any living thing that has an effect on an ecosystem

• biotic

• abiotic

• predator

• prey

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