Science Vocab Tool

Science Vocab Tool

Adaptation

Any characteristic that helps a plant or animal survive 

Carnivore

An organism that gets energy by eating only other animals

Consumer

An organism that gets energy from eating plants or animals

Decomposer

An organism that breaks down the remains of dead plants or animals without need for internal digestion

Ecosystem

All living and nonliving things and all their interactions in an area

Herbivore

An organism that gets energy by eating only plants

Living Organisms

All objects that have biological processes that keep them alive, such as plants and animals 

Nonliving

A part of the ecosystem that is not living, such as sunlight, air (includes oxygen and carbon dioxide), water, rocks, and soil

Omnivore

An organism that gets energy by eating both plants and other animals

Organism

A single, self-contained, living thing

Producer

An organism that uses sunlight to make its own food for energy

Symbiotic

A long-term relationship between two different kinds of organisms where one or both receive benefit

Adaptation

Any characteristic that helps a plant or animal survive