Life Science Vocabulary

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What is a food chain?

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The flow of energy from one thing to another.

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What do Omnivores eat?

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Plants AND Animals.

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Carnivores that eat freshly dead organisms are called?

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Scavengers.

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What is a Secondary Consumer?

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An organism that eats the primary consumer.

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What is a Producer?

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An organism that makes its own food, usually through photosynthesis.

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What is a Primary Consumer?

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An organism that eats producers, typically herbivores.

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What is a Tertiary Consumer?

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An organism that eats secondary consumers.

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What is a Decomposer?

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An organism that breaks down dead material and recycles nutrients back into the ecosystem.

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What is an Ecosystem?

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A community of living organisms and their interactions with their environment.

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What is a Habitat?

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The natural environment in which an organism lives.