10 terms
Science Vocabulary List 2
Organism
any living thing
Life Span
the amount of time from the beginning to the end of an organism's life
Life Cycle
all the stages in an organisms life
Food Chain
the path of energy as it flows from one organism to another
Food Web
many food chains
Herbivore
a living thing that eats only plants
Carnivore
a living thing that eats only meat
Omnivore
a living thing that eats both plants and meat
Producer
a living thing that makes its own food. PLANT are producers, they use the sun's energy to make their food
Consumer
a living thing that buys or hunts for its food. It does NOT make its own food. Human beings and animals are consumers