Chapter 4 Science Vocabulary

All the conditions surrounding an organism.

• prey

• environment

• producer

• decomposer

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Any substance that damages the environment.

• pollution

• food chain

• consumer

• conservation

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A diagram that combines many food chains.

• food chain

• cellular respiration

• food web

• decomposer

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An organism that gets its energy by breaking down wastes and dead organisms.

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

• predator

The struggle among organisms for the same limited resources.

• competition

• prey

• consumer

• pollution

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An organism that can not make its own food.

• prey

• predator

• producer

• consumer

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An organism that makes its own food for energy.

• producer

• consumer

• prey

• predator

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An animal that is hunted by other animals

• predator

• prey

• food web

• food chain

The process by which cells break down sugar to release energy.

• food web

• photosynthesis

• cellular respiration

• food chain

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The process by which plants make a sugar called glucose.

• photosynthesis

• producer

• food web

• cellular respiration

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