Science 4th Quarter Exam Flashcards
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an animal that eats only plants
herbivore
an animal that eats only animals or product from other animals
carnivore
an animal that eats both plants and other animals
omnivore
the process that plants use to make glucose using carbon dioxide, light, and water and producing oxygen
photosynthesis
the green substance in plant cells that absorbs light energy and helps the plant perform photosynthesis
chlorophyll
an animal that uses energy from their body to maintain a steady temperature
endotherm
an animal that depends on its environment to warm its body
ectotherm
the chemical processes animals use to break down or build molecules
metabolism
the living things and nonliving things in an area
ecosystem
nonliving parts of an ecosystem
abiotic
living parts of an ecosystem
biotic
all organisms living in an ecosystem
community
to affect another organism and be affected by it
interact
an organism that can make its own nutrients, usually with energy from the sun
producer
an organism that breaks down the bodies of dead organisms
decomposer
an organism that is too small to see
microbe
an organism that needs to eat other organisms to survive
consumer
a model that shows how matter and energy flow from one organism to another
food chain
a model of the transfer of energy within a set of interconnected food chains
food web
a series of changes in a community of an ecosystem
succession
when two or more organisms need the same limited resource to survive
competition
steady or unchanging
stable
a series of events or processes that repeats over and over
cycle
