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Lang Cells
Cells Science Test
Term | Definition |
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organism | a living thing |
habitat | a place that an organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce |
biotic factors | the living parts of a habitat (they include animals, plants, and other organisms) |
abiotic factors | the nonliving parts of a habitat (they include water, sunlight, oxygen, temperature, and soil) |
photosynthesis | the food-making process |
producer | an organism that can make its own food |
consumer | an organism that gets its energy by eating other organisms |
herbivores | consumers that eat only plants |
carnivores | consumers that eat only animals |
omnivores | consumers that eat both plants and animals |
decomposer | an organism that get its energy by eating wastes and dead organisms |
food chain | shows a series of organisms that eat other organisms |
food web | made up of many food chains in an ecosystem |
energy pyramid | a diagram in the shape of a pyramid, it shows how much energy moves from one feeding level to another |
biome | a group of land ecosystems |