Science Guide

System :a set of parts that interact with one another. |
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Deciduous: loses its leaves in the fall and grows new ones in the spring. |
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Pollinate: move pollen from the part of aflower that makes pollen to the part of a flower that makes seeds. |
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Coniferous Tree: does not lose its needle-like leaves in the fall. |
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Seed Leaf: part of a seed that has storedfood.Germinate: begins to grow. |
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Seedling: |
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| A new small plant that grows from a seed.  |
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Fossil: remains or mark of a living thing from long ago. Extinct:. no longerlives on Earth.Trait: a feature passed on to a living thing from its parents.Vertebrate: animal with a backbone.Larva: stage in an insect´s life after it hatches from the egg.Pupa: stage in an insect´slife between larva and adult.Adaptation: trait that helps a living thing survive in its environment.Inherited: passed on from parent to offspring.Migrate: to move to another place to find betterclimate,food, or a mate.Hibernate: to spend winter resting; body systems slow down in order to save energy.Environment: everything that surrounds a living thing.Ecosystem: all the living and nonlivingthings that interact with each other in a given area.Community: all the populations that live together in the same place.Population: all the living things of the same kind that live in the same place atthe same time.Grassland: land ecosystem that has many grasses and few trees.Desert: an ecosystem that gets less than 25 cm of rainfall a year .Tundra: land ecosystem that is cold and dry.Wetland: lowland ecosystem that is covered by water at least part of the time during the year; marshes and swamps are wetlands.Producer: living things that make their own food.Consumer: living things that eatfood.Herbivore: living things that eat only plants.Carnivore: living things that hunt other animals for food.Omnivore: living things that eat plants and other animals for food.Prey: any animal that is...