5th Grade Science Vocabulary Flashcard

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What is a predator?

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An animal that hunts and eats another animal.

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What is a model in science?

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Something similar to the real thing and is used to help test or experiment on something that is either too small or too far away.

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

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What is an omnivore?

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An organism that eats BOTH meat and plants.

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What are producers?

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Living things that make their own food with the process of photosynthesis.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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What are consumers?

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Living organisms that eat or consume other living things to stay alive.

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What is photosynthesis?

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The process by which green plants use sunlight to make their own food.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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What is a food chain?

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The transfer of food energy in a sequence of living things.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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What is a food web?

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The transfer of food energy through multiple food chains combined in an ecosystem.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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What is a herbivore?

Back

An organism that eats ONLY plants.

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What is a carnivore?

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An organism that eats ONLY meat.