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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the process by whitch plants use energy from the sun to make food | photosinthesis |
| a living thing that uses photosinthesis to make its own food | producer |
| plant cell organelle that converts sunlight to make energy | chloroplast |
| the process by which oxygen and glucose undergoing | cellular respiration |
| A living thing that consumes another living thing. | consumer |
| An animal that eats only plant and plant materials. | herbivore |
| An animal that eats only plant and plant materials. | carnivore |
| An animal that only eats other animals. | carnivore |
| An animal that eats both plants and other animals. ) | omnivore |
| A type of consumer that feeds on dead plant and animal material. | scavenger |
| A living thing that breaks down dead material, and releases nutrients back into the environment. | decomposer |
| A living thing. | orgonisum |
| A group of organisms of the same species who live in the same area at the same time. | population |
| A group of populations living and interacting with each other in an area. | community |
| An ecosystem is the living and nonliving elements of an area. | ecosystem |
| The environment in which a species normally lives or the location of a living organism | habitat |
| An animal that feeds on plants | primary consumer |
| An animal that feeds on a primary consumer | secondary consumer |
| the arrangement of living things in an order which each uses the next as a source of food | food chain |
| a combination of all of the food chains in an ecosystem | food web |
| A diagram to show how the amount of energy available changes at each step of the food chain. | energy pyrimid |
| Vaporization occurring at the surface of a liquid. | evaporation |
| Change in state from a gas to a liquid. | condencation |
| Nonliving part of an organism’s habitat | abiotic factors |
| The environment in which a species normally lives or the location of a living organism | biotic factors |
| Water that falls from a cloud in the form of rain, snow, sleet or hail | precipitation |
| Animal that hunts and kills other animals for food | preditor |
| Animal that is hunted and eaten by the predator | prey |
| The maximum amount of living things an ecosystem can support | carrying capacity |
| Whatever resource is in shortest supply compared to the amount needed for growth | limiting factors |
| The natural condition of an ecosystem in which the resources and living things stay the same over a long period of time | balence of nature |