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Unit 1: Ecosystems
Ecosystems Vocabulary:
herbivore-A living thing that eats producers
Examples: deer, cow, vegan, zebra carnivore- An animal that eats other animals Examples: tiger, leopard, cheetah omnivore-A living thing that eats both plants and animals Examples: humans, monkeys, raccoons producer-A living thing that makes its own food Examples: flowers, trees consumer-A living thing that eats only other living things to get energy. Examples: insects, humans, animals biotic-A living thing abiotic-A non-living thing ecosystem-A community of organisms interacting with one another and other non living organisms biome-A large area which has a similar climate and similar plants and animals Examples: Desert, Rainforest, Tundra |
habitat-A place where a plant and animals naturally live or grow. A place that has everything needed for an animal or plant to survive.
scavenger- An animal that consumes (eats) dead animals, but does not kill the animal itself. Example: turkey vulture decomposer-A living thing that gets energy by breaking down the bodies of dead things Examples: mushrooms, mold, bacteria predator-An animal that captures and kills its food Example: snake (snake eats mouse) prey-An animal that is caught and eaten by a predator. Example: mouse (snake eats mouse) food chain-The path by which energy is passed from one living thing to another. food web-Many food chains combined together in an ecosystem. |
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Unit 2: Structure and Function
* The way an object is shaped or structured determines many of its properties and functions.
Adaptation: Scavenger Hunt
Unit 3: Waves, Information and Energy Transfer.
"Wave" is a common term for a number of different ways in which energy is transferred:
- In electromagnetic waves, energy is transferred through vibrations of electric and magnetic fields.
- In sound waves, energy is transferred through vibration of air particles or particles of a solid through which the sound travels.
- In water waves, energy is transferred through the vibration of the water particles.