Vocabulary 1
-a living thing that breaks down dead plants and animals
decomposer
-everything that surrounds a living thing
environment
-to try to get the same thing that others need or want
compete
-any living thing that makes, or produces, its own food
producer
-an animal that eats mostly plants
herbivore
-any of the smallest kinds of microorganism
bacteria
-a living thing that eats other living things
consumer
-an animal that eats other animals
carnivore
-a kind of microorganism larger than bacteria
protist
-the way plants use sunlight to make food
photosynthesis
-an animal that eats both plants and animals
omnivore
-any kind of living thing that is too small to be seen with just our eyes
microorganism
-the path of energy in the form of food going from one living thing to another
food chain
-a way of showing how food chains in any place are linked together
food web
-a plantlike living thing that breaks down dead plants and animals
fungus