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Ch. 13.1 vocabulary
Ecology Project
Question | Answer |
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Ecology | The study of the interactions between living things and their environment |
Producer | An organism that uses energy from the sun or other chemical reactions to make its own food |
Photosynthesis | A process that producers use to make their own food using energy from sunlight |
Consumer | An organism that cannot create it's own food |
Protozoan | A single-celled animal-like protist |
Herbivore | An animal that only eats plants |
Carnivore | An animal that only eats other animals |
Omnivore | An animal that feeds on both animals and plants |
Decomposer | An organism that breaks down dead organisms, animal droppings, leaves, and other wastes produced by living |
Scavenger | An organism that feeds on dead animals |