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Term | Definition |
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Producer | Organism that use sunlight to produce a form of energy that can be used to power life. |
Consumer | Organism that eat or use other organisms. |
Photosynthesis | Occurs in the cells of plants and changes 6 carbon dioxide molecules and 6 water molecules into 1 sugar molecule and 6 oxygen molecules. |
Cellular Respiration | The process that changes 6 oxygen molecules and 1 sugar molecules into 6 carbon dioxide molecules and 6 water molecules. |
Herbivore | Eats only plants. |
Carnivore | Hunts, kills, and eats other organisms. |
Omnivore | Eats plants and animals. |
Scavenger | Eats dead plants and animals. |
Decomposer | Get energy by breaking down dead organisms into simple atoms and molecules. |
Food Chain | Shows how energy moves from the sun to a producer and through various consumer. |
Food Web | Shows how food chains are interconnected. |
Primary Consumer | Consumers that eat plants are ___________________ ____________________. |
Secondary Consumer | These consumers eat primary consumers. |
Niche | An organisms role in the ecosystem. |
Abiotic Factor | Nonliving parts the ecosystem. |
Biotic Factor | Living parts of the ecosystem. |
Phytoplankton | A microscopic green plant. |