Vocab 1
The name for a living thing
What is Organism?
An animal that eats only meat
What are carnivores?
an illustration that shows how energy is passed from ONE organism to another
What is a food chain?
the process by which plants use sunlight, water and carbon dioxide to create oxygen and energy in the form of sugar
What is photosynthesis?
What is an ecosystem?
An animal that eats both meat and plants
What are omnivores?
An illustration that shows how animals are connected in their search for food within an ecosystem
What is a food web?
What is carbon dioxide?
an organism that makes their own food from the sun and air
What are producers?
A species that no longer exists
What is extinct?
An animal that hunts for animals for food
What is a predator?
The gas that plants release
What is oxygen?
an organism that eats other living things for energy
What is a consumer?
Changes that animals make to survive in their environment or ecosystem
What are adaptations?
An animal that is hunted and eaten for food
What is prey?
Sugar that gives plants energy
What is glucose?
An animal that eats only plants
What are herbivores?
All the members of the same types of organism living together
what is population?
In this food chain
Sunflower --> Bunny --> Snake --> Hawk
Which is the secondary consumer?
What are snakes?
The food factory of a plant
What are leaves?