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Adams 5th Life 1
Life Science Vocab
Question | Answer |
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Part of this word means land and it is a container that contains plant life | Terrarium |
Organisms that feed off of other things because they can't make their own food (animals and humans) | Consumer |
Any living thing | Organism or Biotic |
Many food chains that tie together in an ecosystem | Food Web |
Another name for non living item. Ex. rocks, sand or soil | Abiotic |
The flow of energy on the Earth, beginning with the Sun then the producers then the consumers | Food Chain |
All the plant life in an ecosystem | Vegetation |
Organisms that make their own food through photosynthesis | Producers |
Breaks down dead materials and wastes so it is recycled back to rich land | Decomposers |
All living and non living things that interact with each other in an environment | Ecosystem |
A container that contains water, organisms and plants | Aquarium |
Gets food from dead and decaying animals | Scavengers |
An organism that must live on or inside another living organism in order to get its energy | Parasite |
An organism that is hunted by other animals | Prey |
Vultures, hyenas and snails are example of being a???? | Scavenger |
The organism that a parasite gets its energy from. Ex. the dog | Host |
Bacteria, fungus, earthworms, pill bugs and mushrooms are example of a ????? | Decomposer |
An organism that hunts other organisims for food | Predator |