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4th Unit 9 Vocab
4th Grade Unit 9 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Consumer | organisms that eat (or consume) other living things for food |
| Cycling of matter | recycling movement of matter into and out of the environment through living systems |
| Decomposer | an organism that gets energy by feeding on dead materials and waste |
| Flow of Energy | the movement of energy from the Sun, between organisms, and out of the environment |
| Food | a material that is used by all organisms for energy to carry out life functions and gro |
| Food Web | a representation of several overlapping food chains in an ecosystem; includes the flow of energy from the Sun through producers to consumers and decomposers through multiple pathways |
| Fossil | the impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in rock |
| Fossil Evidence | information about long ago based on similarities in a collection of fossils from the same geographical area |
| Producer | an organism that makes its own food |
| Structure | a part or group of parts of an organism |
| Photosynthesis | the process in which some plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make food |
| Function | the purpose or role for which something is used |
| Survive | to stay alive, or exist |
| Inherited Trait | a trait that can be passed from parent to offspring |
| Acquired Trait | a characteristic that an organism develops due its environment |