Science Vocabulary

a property of certain types of materials that allows them to attract or repel other objects that have this property.

• magnetism

• physical change

• inherited physical traits

• electricity

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Behaviors the organism knows without being taught; born with it ( babies crying for food or being quiet in the nest when parents are away)

• inherited physical traits

• acquired physical traits

• instincts

• learned behaviors

What is an organism?

• Anything that is lifeless and dull.

• any living thing that carries out its life on its own. It grows and develops, uses energy by making its own food or consuming food, reproduces, wastes, and responds to its environment.

• an instrument use to make music on, somewhat like a piano.

• the fundamental biological unit

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

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An organism that can make its own food is a

• consumer

• decomposer

• producer

• omnivore

Which statement below best describes an ecosystem?

• An area with lots of plants and animals.

• A natural environment.

• An area made of living and non-living things.

• An animal's habitat.

What is an abiotic factor?

• living

• nonliving

• dead

• animals

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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Groups of ecosystems with similar climates and communities are ________.

• overpopulation

• herds

• biomes

• competition

All the living and nonliving things in an environment and their interactions with each other are known as an ____.

• ecosystem

• egress

• ecology

• population

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

_________ is an animal that eats both plants and animals

• ecosystem

• herbivore

• community

• omnivore

The place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally grows is called a ________.

• ecology

• habitat

• estuary

• carnivore