Mrs. Taylors Science Vocab 1

everything in the universe that is made of physical materials and takes up space

• matter

• atoms

• covalent bonds

• particles

a unit that measures the amount of energy stored in a food 

• quart

• pint

• gallon

• kilocalorie

overlapping food chains with different pathways for the transfer of food energy in an ecosystem 

• food web

• food chain

• kilocalories

• food chart

a component of air that plants use to make sugar and that plants and animals breathe out

• O2

• H20

• Carbon Dioxide

• chlorophyll

the transfer of food energy from one organism to another in an ecosystem

• food chain

• circle of life

• ecosystem

• consumerism

a consumer that eats other animals

• carnival

• omnivore

• carnage

• carnivore

an organism that can make its own food using photosynthesis

• photosynthesis

• self sufficient

• productor

• producer

an experiment in which only one variable is changed and all others are kept constant

• fair exam

• fair test

• hypothesis

• independent variable

matter released from an organism in the form of gas, liquid, or solid

• waste

• decomposer

• soil

• product

a component of air that animals and people breathe in and plants release into the air during photosynthesis

• sugar

• water

• carbon dioxide

• oxygen