Classification of Organisms | Plant Reproduction | Plants Making Food | Plant and Animal Adaptations and Inherited Traits | How do animals respond to their environment? |
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What is characteristics?
The qualities that an organism has
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What are sepals?
Leaflike parts that cover and protect the flower bud before it opens
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What is photosynthesis?
The process in which plants make sugar
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What is an adaptation?
A physical feature or behavior that helps an organism survive in its environment
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What is a stimulus?
Something that causes a reaction in a living thing
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What is classify?
To arrange or sort objects or living things according to their properties or characteristics
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What is a pistil?
The female part of the flower
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What is chlorophyll?
The substance in plants that makes their parts green and captures energy from sunlight
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What are characteristics?
The qualities an organism has
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What is an instinct?
A behavior that is inherited
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What is a nonvascular plant?
Plants that pass water and nutrients from cell to cell
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What is a stamen?
The male part of the flower
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What are chloroplasts?
Tiny structures in which photosynthesis takes place
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What is inherit?
Receiving characteristics from an organism's parents
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What is a learned behavior?
A behavior that develops as a result of training or changes in experience
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What is a vascular plant?
Plants with tubelike structures
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What is pollination?
The movement of pollen from stamen to pistil
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What is oxygen and sugar?
What photosynthesis produces
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What is an advantage?
A characteristic that can help an individual compete
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What is migration?
Movement between habitats
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What is a vertebrate?
Animals that have backbones
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What is fertilization?
The process in which the sperm and egg cell combine
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What is sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide?
What photosynthesis requires
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What is competition?
When two or more living things need the same resource to survive
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What is hibernation?
A state of inactivity that occurs when outside temperatures are cold
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