| Term | Definition |
| producer | plants that make their own food after getting it from the sun |
| consumer | people and animals that eat food for energy |
| food chain | passing energy from the sun to a series of living things |
| pollination | pollen carried to another flower by wind or insect |
| decomposition | breaking down remaining material by bacteria/fungus |
| food processing | animal is eaten by predator and that animal gets the nutrients too |
| habitat | plant/animal lives and grows in nature |
| nutrients | healthy material that plants and animals need to survive |
| tap root | one long root in the ground |
| seed dispersal | moving of seeds from one place to another:wind/animals water |
| predator | the animal who hunts prey |
| adaptation | when an animal or plant changes to survive their environment |
| prey | an animal that is being hunted by a preator |
| soil tillage | the process in which ants dig tunnels into the soil to allow water and nutrients |