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Science Ch. 3
Vocabulary Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Herbivore | This is a consumer that eats only plants. |
| Chlorophyll | The green substance found in plants that traps energy from the sun and gives plants their green color. |
| Ecosystem | All the living and nonliving things in an environment and how they interact. |
| Prey | Animals that are predators eat this __________. |
| Omnivores | Organisms that eat both plants and animals. |
| Habitat | A place where an animal or plant lives. |
| Food Chain | The flow of energy through a community from producer to consumer to decomposers. |
| Producer | A living thing that uses sunlight to make sugar. |
| Predator | An animal that hunts and kills other animals. |
| Carnivores | Organisms that eat only animals. |
| Decomposers | These put materials from dead plants and animals back into the soil. |
| Photosynthesis | A process by which plants change light energy form the sun and use it to make sugar. |