Learn about living things, their habits and their characteristics with these printable biology flash cards.
There are 27 flash cards in this set (5 pages to print.)
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Sample flash cards in this set:
| Questions | Answers |
|---|---|
| OXYGEN | A part of the air that is needed by most plants and animals to live |
| ORGANISM | A living thing that carries out five basic life functions on its own |
| CELL | The smallest unit of living matter |
| TISSUE | A group of similar cells that work together to carry out a job |
| ORGAN | A group of tissues that work together to do a certain job |
| SYSTEM | A group of parts that work together |
| ORGAN SYSTEM | A group of organs that work together to carry on life functions |
| KINGDOM | The largest group into which an organism can be classified |
| TRAIT | A characteristic of a living thing |
| GENUS | A group made up of two or more very similar species |
| SPECIES | The smallest group into which an organism is classified |
| FOSSIL | Any evidence of an organism that lived in the past. |
| EMBRYO | A developing organism that results from fertilization |
| EXTINCT | Said of an organism no longer alive on Earth |
| ECOSYSTEM | The living and nonliving things in an environment, and all their interactions |
| COMMUNITY | The living part of an ecosystem |
| POPULATION | The adding of harmful substances to the water, air, or land. |
| HABITAT | The home of an organism |
| PRODUCER | An organism, such as a plant, that makes food |
| CONSUMER | Any organism that eats the food producers make, or that eats other consumers. |
| DECOMPOSER | An organism that breaks down wastes and the remains of other organisms |
| FOOD CHAIN | The set of steps in which organisms get the food they need to survive |
| FOOD WEB | The pattern that shows how food chains are related |
| DROUGHT | A long period of time with little or no precipitation |
| OVERPOPULATION | A depletion of resources that occurs when too many of at least one kind of living thing inhabits an ecosystem. |
| POLLUTION | The adding of harmful substances to the water, air, or land. |
| ACID RAIN | Harmful moisture that falls to Earth after being mixed with wastes from burned fossil fuels |
