ES Ch 3 Vocabulary

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Omnivore

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An animal that can use both plants and other animals as food sources.

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Nutrient Cycle

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The continual movement of the elements and compounds that make up nutrients through air, water, soil, rock, and living organisms within ecosystems.

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Herbivore

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An organism that eats mostly green plants or algae.

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Anthropocene

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A new epoch in which humans have become major agents of change in the functioning of Earth’s life-support system.

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Anaerobic Respiration

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A process in which some decomposers get the energy they need through the breakdown of glucose (or other nutrients) in the absence of oxygen.

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Carnivore

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An animal that primarily eats other animals.

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Detritivore

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An organism that feeds on dead organic material, especially plant detritus.

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Decomposition Cycle

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The process by which organic substances are broken down into simpler organic or inorganic matter.

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Aerobic Respiration

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A process in which organisms convert glucose and oxygen into energy, carbon dioxide, and water.

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Photosynthesis

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The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods with the help of chlorophyll.