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4744476930AdaptationA characteristic that improves an individual's ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment.0
4744476934AerobicProcess that requires oxygen1
4744476938AnaerobicProcess that does not require oxygen2
4744476942AutotrophAn organism that can make its own food3
4744476946BiodiversityThe number of different species in an area4
4744476950BiomassThe total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level5
4744476954BiomeA group of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms6
4744476958BiosphereConsists of all life on Earth and all parts of the Earth in which life exists, including land, water, and the atmosphere.7
4744476962Carrying capacityThe largest number of individuals of a species that the environment of a particular area can support indefinitely.8
4744476966Cellular respirationThe process by which cells use oxygen to produce energy from food9
4744476931ChromosomeAn organized structure of DNA, protein, and RNA found in cells that carries the genetic information of an organism10
4744476935ClimateThe average, seasonal weather conditions in an area over a long period of time11
4744476939CommunityA group of various species of living things that live in the same habitat and interact with each other12
4744476943ConservationThe process of saving or protecting a natural resource13
4744476947ConsumerAn organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms14
4744476951DecomposerAn organism that gets energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms or animal wastes and consuming or absorbing the nutrients.15
4744476955EcosystemA system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment (biotic & abiotic)16
4744476959Food webA complex arrangement of interrelated food chains illustrating the flow of energy.17
4744476963Fossil fuelCoal, oil, natural gas, and other fuels that are ancient remains of plants and animals.18
4744476967GeneA segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait19
4744476932Gene poolAll of the alleles in all the individuals that make up a population20
4744476936HabitatA place where an organism lives21
4744476940HeterotrophAn organism that cannot make its own food.22
4744476944Kinetic energyEnergy that an object has due to its motion23
4744476948LatitudeDistance north or south of the Equator, measured in degrees.24
4744476952Law of Conservation of MatterPrinciple that mass cannot be created or destroyed in ordinary chemical and physical changes.25
4744476956MutationA change in the nucleotide-base sequence of a DNA molecule26
4744476960Natural selectionA process in which individuals that have certain inherited traits tend to survive and reproduce at higher rates than other individuals because of those traits.27
4744476964NicheAn organism's particular role in an ecosystem.28
4744476968OrganismAn individual living thing29
4744476933PhotosynthesisA process used by plants and other autotrophs to capture light and energy and use it to power chemical reactions that convert carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and energy-rich carbohydrates, such as sugars and starches.30
4744476937Plate tectonicsThe theory that the earth is broken into plates and are in motion.31
4744476941PollutionRelease of harmful materials into the environment32
4744476945PopulationA group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area33
4744476949Potential energyEnergy stored due to an object's position or arrangement34
4744476953ProducerAn organism that can make its own food by using energy from its surroundings35
4744476957Toxiccausing harm; poisonous36
4744476961TraitA genetically determined characteristic37
4744476965Trophic levelA position in a food chain occupied by a group of organisms with a similar feeding mode.38
4744476969WeatherThe condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place.39

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