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ch 1 vocabulary
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Question | Answer |
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producers | are organisms that use energy from the sun or other chemical reactions to make their own food. |
photosynthesis | is a process that producers use to make their own food using energy from sunlight. |
consumers | organisms that cannot make their own food. |
ecology | is the study of the interactions between living things and their environment. |
protozoans | single celled, animal like protists, called protozoans, feed on living or dead organisms. |
herbivores | are animals that eat only plants. |
carnivores | animals that only eat other animals. |
omnivores | animals that feed on other animals and plants. |
decomposers | break down dead organisms, animal droppings, leaves, and other wastes produced by living things. |
scavengers | are organisms that feed on dead animals, like the crows or vultures that eat animals killed by traffic. |