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Environmental Science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| herbivore | a consumer that eats only plants |
| carnivore | a consumer that eats only animals |
| omnivore | a consumer that eats both plants and animals |
| scavenger | a carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms |
| producer | an organism that can make its own food |
| decomposer | an organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms |
| evaporation | the change of state from a liquid to a gas |
| condensation | the change of state from a gas to a liquid |
| precipitation | rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground |
| water cycle | the continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back |