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ch 1 vocabulary
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. |