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LIFE SCIENCE VOCABULARY
ORGANISMS AND ENERGY TRANSFER
DEFINITION
•Process in which plants make food
by using water from the soil,
carbon dioxide from the air, and
energy from sunlight.
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
DEFINITION
•The loss of water from a
leaf through the stomata.
TRANSPIRATION
DEFINITION
•The small openings in
the leaves of plants.
STOMATA (STOMA)
DEFINITION
•A green pigment in leaves that
allows a plant to absorb the
sun’s light energy.
CHLOROPHYLL
DEFINITION
•A community of organisms and
the environment (things like
air, water, and soil) in which
they live.
ECOSYSTEM
DEFINITION
•A living thing
ORGANISM
DEFINITION
•An organism, such as a
plant, that makes its own
food.
PRODUCER
DEFINITION
•An organism that eats plants
and/or other animals to get
energy (does not make its own
food)
CONSUMER
DEFINITION
•An organism that eats
only producers (plants)
HERBIVORE
DEFINITION
•An organism that eats
other animals.
CARNIVORE
DEFINITION
•An organism that eats
plants and other animals
OMNIVORE
DEFINITION
•A consumer that obtains food
energy by breaking down the
remains of dead plants and
animals.
DECOMPOSER
DEFINITION
•The path by which energy is
transferred or passed from one
living thing to another in an
ecosystem.
FOOD CHAIN
DEFINITION
•A diagram that shows the
relationship of the combined
food chains in a ecosystem.
FOOD WEB