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Science Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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Ecology | the study of interactions between living things and their environment |
Producer | organisms that use energy from the sun or other chemical reactions to make their own food |
Photosynthesis | a process that producers use to make their own food using energy from sunlight |
Consumer | organisms that cannot make their own food |
Protozoan | single-celled animal-like protists |
Herbivore | animals that eat only plants |
Carnivore | animals that only eat other animals |
Omnivore | animals that feed on other animals as well as plants |
Decomposer | organisms that break down dead organisms, animal droppings, leaves,and other wastes |
Scavenger | organisms that feed on dead animals |