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Chapter 3 Vocabulary - Before Biomes
Chapter 3 Vocabulary - Before Biomes
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4th Grade
10/24/2011

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Interdependence
Definition
when both plants and animals depend on one another to survive.
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Producer
Definition
a green plant, uses the sun's energy in the presence of chlorophyll to make food for all living things on earth.
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Consumers
Definition
those who consume the food made my green plants.
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Herbivore
Definition
a consumer that only eats plants.
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Carnivore
Definition
A consumer that eats only meat
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Omnivore
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a consumer that eats BOTH plants and animals.
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Insectivore
Definition
a consumer that eats only insects.
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Scavengers
Definition
animals who do not hunt their own food, but eat the remains of animals killed by other predators.
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Decomposers
Definition
Small organisms that break down the remains of what scavengers leave behind, and return any bio-matter back to the soil to fertilize plants.
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Predator
Definition
an animal that hunts for food
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Prey
Definition
the animal that is being hunted for food.
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Food Chain
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a diagram of a simple food relationship beginning with the sun and including green plants and consumers; also shows a flow of energy from the sun, to green plants, to the consumers, and back to the plants.
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Food Web
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a diagram of more complicated food relationships that consists of several food chains connected together; much energy flow here.
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