Roles+of+Living+Things

**Chapter 1:** //Relationships among Living Things//
|| || || || || || || || || || The path that energy takes through a community as one living thing eats another. || The first link in a food chain is usually a plant. || || || || Two or more food chains that overlap and link. || A food web connects animals through the plants and animals that they eat. || || A group of plants and animals that live in a certain area and depend on one another. || A pond's plant and animals form a community. || An Example of a Food Chain: Plant -> Grasshopper -> Lizard -> Snake -> Owl
 * = __Vocab Word__ ||= __Meaning__ ||= __Sentence__ ||
 *  Habitat || The place where an animal or a plant lives. || Deer live in a woodland habitat.
 *  Environment || All the surrounding living and nonliving things that affect a living thing. || A drop of water, a rotting log, a desert, an ocean, and a rain forest are examples of different environment.
 *  Producer || A living thing that can make its own food. || Plants, such as trees and grass, are producers.
 *  Consumer || A living thing that eats other living things to survive. || Whether they eat plants or other animals, all animals are consumers.
 *  Carnivore || An animal that eats only other animals. || Wolves, cougars, lions, hawks, and owls are carnivores.
 *  Herbivore || An animal that eats only plants. || Cows and rabbits are herbivores.
 *  Omnivore || An animal that eats both plants and animals. || <span style="color: rgb(42, 24, 205);">Because bears will eat both berries and fish, bears are classified as omnivores.
 * <span style="color: rgb(255, 79, 46);"> Decomposer || A living thing that breaks down and feeds on the remains of once - living things. || <span style="color: rgb(42, 24, 205);">Decomposers such as mushrooms recycle the remains of once-living things.
 * <span style="color: rgb(255, 79, 46);"> Extinction || The permanent disappearance of all living things of a certain kind. || <span style="color: rgb(42, 24, 205);"> The extinction of the saber-toothed cat is a mystery that some scientists are working to solve.
 * <span style="color: rgb(255, 79, 46);"> Food Chain
 * <span style="color: rgb(255, 79, 46);"> Predator || An animal that hunts other animals for food. || <span style="color: rgb(42, 24, 205);">Hawks, cougars, and sharks are predators.
 * <span style="color: rgb(255, 79, 46);"> Prey || An animal hunted for food by another animal. || <span style="color: rgb(42, 24, 205);">Rabbits, mice, small fish, and insects are often prey for larger animals.
 * <span style="color: rgb(255, 79, 46);"> Food Web
 * <span style="color: rgb(255, 79, 46);">Community

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**Chapter 2:** //Adaptations of Living Things//
__ || __Meaning__ || <span style="color: rgb(29, 5, 173);"> __<span style="color: rgb(3, 2, 2);">Sentence __ || || Behavior or part of a living thing that helps it survive in a certain environment || <span style="color: rgb(29, 5, 173);">A Rose's thorns, a hawk's eye, and a camel's hump are adaptations. || || The way an animal typically acts in a certain situation. || <span style="color: rgb(29, 5, 173);">One behavior of pill bugs is to move toward moist, dark places. || || Any substance used by living things for energy, growth, repair, or other life processes. || <span style="color: rgb(29, 5, 173);">Proteins, carbohydrates, and fats are nutrients found in food || || The ability to blend in with the surroundings. || <span style="color: rgb(29, 5, 173);">An animal's fur can be camouflage, helping the animal hunt or avoid hunters. || || A living thing that, at some point in its life, lives on or in another living thing and harms it. || <span style="color: rgb(29, 5, 173);">Fleas, lice, and some kinds of worms are parasites. ||
 * __<span style="color: rgb(8, 8, 8);"> Vocab Word
 * <span style="color: rgb(249, 26, 26);">Adaptations
 * <span style="color: rgb(249, 26, 26);">Behavior
 * <span style="color: rgb(249, 26, 26);">Nutrients
 * <span style="color: rgb(249, 26, 26);">Camouflage
 * <span style="color: rgb(249, 26, 26);">Parasites

Who am I? (Examples of Adaptations) I am a parrot. I use my strong _ to crack nuts. <span style="color: rgb(249, 26, 26);">Beak I am a sea otter. I get some of my food by using a rock as a _. <span style="color: rgb(245, 0, 0);">Tool I am a leopard. I can catch a gazelle by behaving in a certain way. I _, or secretly follow and sneak up on my prey. <span style="color: rgb(246, 9, 9);">Stalk Animals in nature must work hard to get food. Their task is made easier by their __. <span style="color: rgb(237, 33, 33);">Adaptations

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