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Lang Cells
Cells Science Test
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |