Hillview 6 Science: Chap 10 Ecology Sec 3A
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 HERBIVORE |  an organism that consumes only plants |
| CARNIVORE |  an organism that consumes other animals |
| OMNIVORE |  an organism that consumes both animals and plants |
| SCAVENGER | carnivore that feeds on bodies of dead animals |
| HABITAT | the place where an organism lives and that provides the things an organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce |
| SUN | source of all energy in an ecosystem |
| PHOTOSYNTHESIS | -transfer of sun's energy to plants body tissue -when a plant uses WATER, SUN ENERGY, and CARBON DIOXIDE to make their own food (sugar) and oxygen |
| CELLULAR RESPIRATION | opposite of photosynthesis: when people or animals take in sugar and oxygen and produce carbon dioxide and waste products |
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