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jac science 2
science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Carbon dioxide cycle | exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen from one organism to another |
| carbon dioxide | gas needed by plants to makie food |
| decomposer | organisms that get energy by causing dead organisms to decay |
| consumers | organisms that get their energy from other organisms |
| germination | sprouting of new plant structures |
| water cycle | the circular pathway in which water moves through an ecosystem |
| transpiration | process by which plants give off water from their leaves |
| larva | young animal that looks completely different from its parents |
| metamorphosis | the complete change of an organism's body from one form to another form |
| pupa | stage after the larva stops feeding, in which many changes take place |
| producer | green plants that use the sun's energy and other substances to make their own food |
| energy pyramid | shows the flow of energy from sun to plants to animals |
| life cycle | stages that living things go through |
| oxygen | gas needed by animals to use energy |
| 1st level of pyramid | sun |
| sun | the main source of energy for the producers |
| 2nd level | producers |
| producers | bring energy from nonliving sources into the community (from the sun) |
| 3rd level | primary consumers |
| primary consumers | get energy from the producers, which makes them herivores in most communities |
| 4th level | secondary consumers |
| secondary consumers | get energy from the primary consumers, which makes them carnivores |
| tertiary consumers | get energy from the secondary consumers |
| primary consumers are herbivores or carnivores? | herbivores |
| secondary consumers are herbivores or carnivores? | carnivores |