Orangisms and Environments Day 9 Vocabulary

_______ an inherited characteristic that is passed to an organism by its parents

• Prokaryote

• Cilia

• Genetic Trait

• Proteins

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_______ all of the living and nonliving things in a given area that exist and interact

• Geology
• Astronomy
• Ecosystem

• Biology

_______ an organism that provides energy and living environment, either intentionally or unintentionally, to another organism

• parasite

• tenant
• host

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_______ describes the nonliving things in an ecosystem

• Biotic factors
• Living organisms
• Ecological niche
• Abiotic factors

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_______ the intent to produce organisms with specific genetic features by selecting parents that already have the genetic trait

• Random selection
• Genetic modification
• Natural selection
• Selective breeding

_______ an organism that derives its energy from the sun and is often a food source for other living organisms

• Host

• Parasite

• Autotroph

• Hetrotroph

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_______ an organism in a food web that is eaten by other animals

• Predator
• Consumer
• Decomposer
• Producer

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_______ an animal in a food web that hunts and eats other organisms

• Prey
• Herbivore
• Decomposer
• Predator

_______ the variety of and number of organisms in an ecosystem

• Organismity
• Biodiversity
• Bioabundance
• Ecosystemology

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

_______ an organism that must get its energy from another organism

• heterotroph
• prokaryote
• photosynthesis
• autotroph