ES Ch 3 Vocabulary

ES Ch 3 Vocabulary

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Science

12th Grade

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Omnivore

Back

An animal that can use both plants and other animals as food sources.

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Nutrient Cycle

Back

The continual movement of the elements and compounds that make up nutrients through air, water, soil, rock, and living organisms within ecosystems.

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Herbivore

Back

An organism that eats mostly green plants or algae.

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Anthropocene

Back

A new epoch in which humans have become major agents of change in the functioning of Earth’s life-support system.

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Anaerobic Respiration

Back

A process in which some decomposers get the energy they need through the breakdown of glucose (or other nutrients) in the absence of oxygen.

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Carnivore

Back

An animal that primarily eats other animals.

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Detritivore

Back

An organism that feeds on dead organic material, especially plant detritus.

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