Vocabulary

__Essential Vocabulary Terms__
of their environment. || alive. || survival. || oxygen, hydrogen, etc.) || or certain chemicals. || is used by plants and other producers. || recycle matter and nutrients into ecosystems. || an ecosystem. || atom for life and is found in many different forms. || life. ||
 * Vocabulary Term || Definition ||
 * Organism || Any living thing can be called an organism. ||
 * Ecosystem || All of the living things in a certain area as well as the nonliving parts
 * Energy || The ability to do work. Energy is necessary for our bodies to stay
 * Sugar || The molecule that organisms get most of their energy from for
 * Matter || Anything that has mass and volume. Matter is made of atoms (ie carbon,
 * Producer || An organisms that makes its own food (sugar) using energy from the sun
 * Photosynthesis || Using the energy of the sun to make food (sugar) for survival. This process
 * Consumer || An organism that must eat other living things to get food (sugars). Consumers
 * cannot** get energy from the sun. ||
 * Omnivore || A consumer that eats only producers. ||
 * Carnivore || A consumer that eats only other consumers. ||
 * Herbivore || A consumer that eats producers and consumers. ||
 * Decomposer || Organisms that attain food by eating dead organic matter. Decomposers help
 * Food Chain || A model that shows a single feeding relationship between a group of organisms. ||
 * Food Web || A model that shows the complicated feeding relationship between living things in
 * Carbon Cycle || The movement of the atom carbon throughout the planet. Carbon is an essential
 * Water Cycle || The movement of water throughout the planet. Water is an essential molecule for