Soil Story Vocab 1 ENG ***

Photosynthesis converts ​ (a)   sunlight, CO2 and water into ​ (b)   sugars like glucose and releases O2  gas.

• inorganic
• organic

An autotroph is an organism that makes its own ​ (a)   (often by ​ (b)   )

• food
• photosynthesis

A ​ (a)   is an organism that obtains energy from the foods it ​ (b)   .

• heterotroph
• consumes

Microbes​ are living things that are too ​ (a)   to see 

(Ex: ​ (b)   , single-celled plants or animals, viruses)

• small
• bacteria

A microbiome is all of the ​ (a)   that live in a particular environment 

(Ex: bacteria in the ​ (b)   )

• microbes
• intestines

The ​ (a)   is the non-science word for the ​ (b)   + the small and large ​ (c)   .

• gut
• stomach
• intestines

​ Decomposers are organisms that ​ (a)   wastes and dead ​ (b)   , adding ​ (c)   to the ecosystem.

• break down
• organisms
• nutrients

​ (a)   matter contains the ​ (b)   that make up organic compounds 

(​ (c)   , H, N, O, P, S).

• Organic
• elements
• C

A chemical ​ (a)   changes ​ (b)   to identify the ​ (c)   of a specific compound.

• indicator
• color
• presence

Photosynthesis...

• converts inorganic sunlight, CO2 and water into organic sugars like glucose and releases O2  gas

• non-science word for the stomach + the small and large intestines

• organism that obtains energy from the foods it consumes

• contains the elements that make up organic compounds 

  (C, H, N, O, P, S)