8th Grade Science Vocabulary

A producer in an ecosystem does what?  

• Grows its own food.
• Harvests its own food.
• Makes its own food from sunlight.
• Gets its food from another organism.

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Organisms that gets its energy from other living organisms but does not make its own energy is called a... 

• producer
• consumer
• decomposer
• organizer

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A decomposer

• is gross.

• is a predator.

• eats live organisms and dead organisms.

• gets its energy from dead organisms.

The ability to cause change or do work

• energy
• light
• sound
• mechanical

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Energy related to the temperature of an object or a substance

• sound energy
• heat (thermal) energy
• light energy
• mechanical energy

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Energy of motion

• heat (thermal) energy
• light energy
• sound energy
• mechanical  energy

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The amount of stuff in something, measured in grams.

• mass
• classify
• mixture
• science

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A push or pull on an object.  It causes objects to move.  

• motion
• oatmeal cookie
• force 
• gravity

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The resistance that happens when you try to move one object over another.  

• motion
• elf food
• friction
• gravity

The basic unit of all life.

• stimulus
• cell
• organism
• tissue

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