Unit 1 Science Vocabulary Words

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Ecosystem

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All living and nonliving things that interact with each other in an area

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Organism

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Any living thing

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Ecology

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The study of how living and nonliving things interact with their environment

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Ecologist

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Scientists who study ecosystems

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Carbon Dioxide

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A gas found in air that is used to make food by photosynthesis.

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Oxygen

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A gas found in the air that is produced as waste during photosynthesis

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Photosynthesis

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The process that producers use to make food from carbon dioxide and water

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Producer

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An organism that makes it's own food

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Circulation

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The process of moving blook in a large, complicated loop through the body

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Consumer

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An organism that gets energy by eating other organisms