A
An animal that eats (primarily or exclusively) animal matter
Carnivore
A group of extinct often large herbivorous or carnivorous reptiles
Dinosaurs
A scientific test performed under controlled conditions
Experiment
An animal that eats (primarily or exclusively) plant matter
Herbivore
An organism that eats a variety of material including plants, animals, algae and fungi
Omnivore
A living organism that makes its own food
Producer
For example, mushroom, yeast and mold
Fungus
A living thing that must source, gather and eat its food for energy
Consumer
Someone who gathers evidence, does research and tests hypotheses to gain knowledge
Scientist
A fuzzy growth of fungus especially on damp or decaying matter
Mold
A room or building equipped for scientific testing, research, teaching or manufacturing
Laboratory
Food web
Food decomposes faster when...
...it is not refrigerated
An organism that breaks down dead material
Decomposer
Plants give off ______ and take in ______.
oxygen, carbon dioxide
The three states of matter
solid, liquid, gas
A chemical process by which plants use light energy to convert carbon dioxide into water and sugar
Photosynthesis
A whole or part of a plant or animal that has been preserved in sedimentary rock
Fossil
Energy created by moving charged particles
Electricity
An imaginary circle around the earth that divides it into Northern and Southern Hemispheres
Equator
Anything that has mass and takes up space
Matter
The scientific name for water
H2O
The force of attraction between two masses
Gravity
A place in an ecosystem where an organism normally lives
Habitat
The envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet
Atmosphere