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key terms pg 420 S-4
key terms for science
Question | Answer |
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Producer | an organism that can make its own food. |
Consumer | an organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms. |
Herbivore | consumer that eats only plants. |
Carnivore | a consumer that only eats animals.(meat) |
Omnivore | a consumer that eats both plants and animals.(meat) |
Decomposer | an organism that breaks down waste & dead organisms. |
Autotroph | an organism capable of synthesiezing it own food from inorganic substances,using light chemical or energy. |
Heterotroph | an organism that cannot synthesize its own food and its dependant on complex organic substances for nutrition. |