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Vocabulary Words Micro to Macro (Lessons 5-8)
SCIENCE 5TH Grade
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5th Grade
10/20/2009

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Consumer
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an organism that cannot produce its own food, so ingests other organisms or organic matter
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Eukaryote
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a cell with a nucleus (more complex)
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Prokaryote
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a cell without a nucleus (simple)
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Algae
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a large group of organisms that are members of the Kingdom Protoctista
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Bacteria
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a large group of microorganisms that are members of the Kingdom Monera
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Cilia
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tiny hairlike objects attached to the outside of a cell that enable movement
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Flagellum
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a long, threadlike object attached to the outside of a cell that enables movement
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Decomposer
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an organism that breaks down dead plants or animals, relating nutrients for use in the ecosystem
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Kingdom Fungi
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A kingdom of organisms that need moisture, warmth, and food to survive; most have spores
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Photosynthesis
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the process by which organisms use chlorophyll to make food
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producer
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an organism that makes its own food
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Pseudopod
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a “fake foot” used for cells to move
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Kingdom Monera
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A kingdom of single-celled organisms that are prokaryotic
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Kingdom
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five main groups in which all living things are classified
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kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
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Unicellular
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only having one cell
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Kingdom Protoctista
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A kingdom of single- or multi-celled organisms that are eukaryotic (some are animal-like, some are plant-like)
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Lichen
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a relationship between a fungus and algae where one cannot survive without the other
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Multicellular
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having more than one cell
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Spore
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a single-celled seedlike structure used for reproduction
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