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Plants Vocabulary
From Sun to Food Vocabulary Words -- Ones to study!
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adapation | a structure or behavior that helps an organism survive in its surroundings |
| carbon dioxide | a gas made of carbon and oxygen atoms that plants need for photosynthesis (CO2) |
| carnivore | a consumer that eats other animals |
| consumer | an organism that gets energy by eating other organisms. |
| data | pieces of information collected in an investigation |
| decompose | the process by which organic substances are broken down into simpler forms of matter |
| decomposer | an organism that gets energy by feeding on dead materials and wastes |
| ecosystem | all the living and nonliving things that interact with each other in an environment |
| energy | what is stored in materials/particles that allows living things to grow, move, reproduce, and so on. |
| food chain | the transfer of food energy from one organism to another in an ecosystem |
| food web | overlapping food chains with different pathways for the transfer of food energy in an ecosystem |
| function | the "job" that a part does for an organism |
| germination | the sprouting of a plant from a seed |
| gram | metric unit to measure mass |
| herbivore | a consumer that eats only plants |
| leaf | the part of the plant where most of the photosynthesis occurs |
| living | alive/ something that needs nutrients, water, air, and space to grow and change |
| mass | the amount of matter in something, measured in grams |
| matter | materials or particles that make up both living and nonliving things |
| nonliving | not alive/ does not need food, water, air or space; does not grow or change |
| nutrient | a substance that organisms need in order to survive and grow |
| omnivore | a consumer that eats both plants and animals |
| organism | a living thing |
| oxygen | life supporting component of air |
| photosynthesis | the process of using the energy in sunlight to make food from water and carbon dioxide |
| predator | an animal that hunts, catches, and eats other animals |
| prey | an organism that is hunted, caught, and eaten by other organisms |
| producer | an organism that makes its own food (plants) |
| root | the part of the plant that takes in water and anchors the plant |
| scavenger | an animal, such as a vulture or housefly, that feeds on dead or decaying matter |
| soil | a material made of tiny pieces of rock, minerals, and decayed plant and animal matter |
| stem | the part of the plant that carries water from the roots to the leaves |
| structure | a part that does a certain "job" for an organism |
| waste | unwanted or discarded matter |
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