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What is: evidence; information gathered by observation?
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Data
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What is: a possible explanation for a set of observations or possible answer to a scientific question?
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Hypothesis
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What is: a well tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations?
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Theory
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What is: a set of chemical reactions through which an organism builds up or breaks down materials and it carries out its life processes?
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Metabolism
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What is: a process by which organisms maintain a relatively stable internal environment?
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Homeostasis
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What is: an organism that can capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce food from inorganic compounds?
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Producer
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What is: an organism that relies on other organisms for its energy and food supply? (also called a hetertroph)
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Consumer
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What is: an organism that breaks down and obtains energy from dead organic matter?
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Decomposer
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What is: an organism that must take in organic molecules for both energy and carbon?
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Chemoautotroph
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What is: a network of complex interactions formed by the feeding relationships among the various organisms in the ecosystem?
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Food web
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What is: a series of steps in an ecosystem in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten?
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Food chain
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What is: an organism that obtains energy by only eating plants?
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Herbivore
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What is: an organism that obtains energy by eating animals?
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Carnivore
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What is: an interaction in which one organism captures and feeds on another organism?
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Predation
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What is: a relationship in which 2 species live closely together?
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Symbiosis
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