Grade 4, Unit 8, Science, Organisms and Environments

A living thing that gets energy by breaking down wastes and the remains of plants and animals.

• ecosystem

• prey

• predator

• decomposer

A diagram that shows the relationships among different food chains in an ecosystem.

• food web

• food chain

• ecosystem

• photosynthesis

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A living thing such as a plant, that can make its own food.

• prey

• predator

• producer

• consumer

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Animals that eat plants or other animals to get energy.

• producer

• consumer

• organism

• predator

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The transfer of food energy in a sequence of living things.

• food web

• ecosystem

• food chain

• flow of energy

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A living thing.

• photosynthesis

• carbon dioxide

• organism

• environment

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An animal that hunts other animals.

• predator

• prey

• producer

• flow of energy

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An animal that is eaten is called ____________.

• predator

• prey

• producer

• flow of energy

A combination of living and nonliving things in an environment.

• food web

• food chain

• environment

• ecosystem

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The surroundings or conditions in which a person, plant or animal lives.

• food web

• food chain

• environment

• ecosystem

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