Mid Unit 2 Vocabulary

Plants that grow on the trunks or branches of trees

• bacteria

• Epiphytes
• Producers

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A chemical process where plants make their own food

• photosynthesis

• chlorophyll

• decomposer

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The green pigment in leaves that captures the energy of the sun.

• photosynthesis
• sunlight
• chlorophyll

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A path by which energy flows from one living thing to another in an environment

• food chain
• energy cycle
• food web

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Organisms that make their own food. Example: Plants

• Omnivores
• Carnivores
• Producers

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Organisms that get their energy from eating other organisms

• producers
• consumers

• photosynthesizers

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An organism that gets its energy by breaking down dead organisms or the waste of living things.

Example: mushrooms.

• predator
• producer
• decomposer

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A combination of food chains that shows how energy moves from the sun through an environment.

Shows that consumers get energy from a variety of organisms.

• ecosystem
• food web
• food chain

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Organisms that obtain their energy by absorbing materials from their surroundings.

Mushrooms, molds, and yeasts are fungi.

• Animals
• Fungi
• Bacteria

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Tiny, single-celled organisms. These are decomposers that get their energy from dead leaves.

• plants
• bacteria
• fungi