Benchmark Vocabulary for Unit 1

Front

What is the process called where plants use sunlight, water, carbon dioxide, and chlorophyll to make food?

Back

Photosynthesis

Front

What do we call an organism that makes its own food?

Back

Producer

Front

What term describes soil that is of very poor quality and cannot support plant growth?

Back

Infertile

Front

What word means to tell or narrate memories or experiences?

Back

Recount

Front

What are the substances that all organisms need to survive?

Back

Nutrients

Front

What is the term for the green pigment in plants that is essential for photosynthesis?

Back

Chlorophyll

Front

What do we call the process by which plants release water vapor into the air?

Back

Transpiration

Front

What is the term for organisms that cannot make their own food and must consume other organisms?

Back

Consumers

Front

What is the name of the cycle that describes how water moves through the environment?

Back

Water Cycle

Front

What do we call the variety of different species in a particular ecosystem?

Back

Biodiversity