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4 Unit 10 Organisms
4th Unit 10 Organisms & Their Environment
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| nutrients | Materials used by living things for growth and for other life functions. |
| producers | Living things that make their own food. (plants) |
| consumers | Living things that eat other living things. |
| energy | The ability to do work. |
| photosynthesis | The process in which producers make their own food using the sun's energy, water and carbon dioxide. |
| decomposers | Living things that get energy by breaking down wastes and dead pant and animal matter. |
| food chain | The transfer of food energy in a sequence of living things. |
| carnivore | A consumer that eats other animals. |
| food web | The relationships among different food chains. |
| herbivore | A consumer that eats only plants. |
| omnivore | A consumer that eats both plants and animals. |
| predator | An animal that hunts other animals. |
| prey | An animal that is hunted and eaten. |