Benchmark Vocabulary for Unit 1

What word means to use sun"light" together with water, carbon dioxide, and chlorophyll to make food for plants?

• photograph

• photosynthesis

• photometer

• aquaphoto

An organism which makes its own food is called a

• automobile

• autochef

• producer

• promoter

A ______________ is an organism that gets its energy by eating other plants or animals.

• costume

• custom

• constant

• consumer

An organism that breaks down other dead organisms and matter to release energy back into the ecosystem is a ________________.

• decomposer

• deputy

• department

• disposer

The substances that all organisms need to survive are ______________.

• noodles

• neon

• nutrients

• producers

Another word for a living thing is an _______________.

• object

• organism

• operation

• image

The tree got burned because of its closeness, or ______________ to the fire.

• proximity

• possibility

• allergy

• answer

Grandpa loves to ___________, or tell his memories, of his days as a train engineer.

• rule

• rest

• receive

• recount

We always have ______________ kinds of food on the table at Thanksgiving, so everyone has a choice of things to eat.

• few

• similar

• various

• obvious

After the long hot summer, the soil was ____________, or of very poor quality, making it hard for the farmers to grow their crops.

• infertile

• invasion

• infant

• improved