VOCAB 1
Organisms that make their own food
producers
Organisms that eat other organisms
consumers
Organisms that eat dead organisms
Animals that only eat plants
herbivores
What causes bread to rise?
yeast's waste removal
Animals that only eat other animals
carnivores
Animals that eat plants and animals
omnivores
Earth's rocks, minerals, and landforms
geosphere
Earth's water including rivers, lakes, oceans, and even ice.
hydrosphere
Three things yeast need to break dormancy are ....
food, water, and warmth
All the gases surrounding Earth
atmosphere
All the plants, animals, and other living things on land, in the water, and in the air
biosphere
A group of interacting parts that work together
system
A system that is part of a larger system
subsystem
All food chains and food webs begin with.......
sun
An animal that is hunted and killed by another animal
prey
What is the recycling decomposer that we built a habitat for in class?
red worm
The system involving producers, consumers, and decomposers in an ecocsystem
food web
When an organism is resting or inactive
dormancy
In a food chain or food web the arrow points toward the ......
predator
An animal that hunts and kills another animal for food
predator
What are the 4 subsystems of Earth?
biosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere, and atmosphere
What plant waste do humans breathe in?
oxygen
The path that food and energy takes from one organism to another
food chain
The first system we learned in class was .......
a suitcase