Pearson Interactive Life Science

The process of an organism changing form during its life cycle.

• Growth Process

• Metamorphosis

• Larva

• Butterfly

When a small mutation or change happens in an organism that can give it a different chance of survival (either better or worse); also known as "survival of the fittest."

• Natural Selection

• Metamorphosis

• Extinct

• Ecosystem

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An organism that uses energy to make its own food through photosynthesis.

• Predator

• Producer

• Prey

• Consumer

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An organism that cannot make its own food and gets its energy from producers or other consumers.

• Decomposer

• Prey

• Consumer

• Invasive Species

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A consumer that hunts and eats another animal.

• Predator

• Producer

• Prey

• Science Teachers

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• Complete Metamorphosis

• Incomplete Metamorphosis

• Life Cycle

• Biodiversity

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• Complete Metamorphosis

• Incomplete Metamorphosis

• Life Cycle

• Biodiversity

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• Complete Metamorphosis

• Incomplete Metamorphosis

• Life Cycle

• Biodiversity

A(n) __________ is a feature of an organism that helps it survive and be successful in its environment.

• ecosystem

• taxonomy

• adaptation

• behavior

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Something that an organism does to help it survive in its environment is called a ____________________.

• physical adaptation

• behavioral adaptation

• genetic mutation