Kate's 4th Gr Science Flashcards
The way plants use sunlight to make food
Photosynthesis
Consumer
A living thing that eats other living things
Environment
Everything that surrounds a living thing
Decomposer
A living thing that breaks down dead plants and animals
Food chain
The path of energy in the form of food going from one living thing to another
Herbivore
an animal that eats mostly plants
Producer
Any living thing that makes, or produces, its own food
Carnivore
An animal that eats other animals🦅
Omnivore
An animal that eats both plants and animals
Bacteria
Any of the smallest kinds of microorganism 🦠
Food web
a way of showing how food chains in any place are linked together
Protist
A kind of microorganism larger than bacteria
Compete
to try to get the same thing that others need or want
Fungus
A plantlike living thing that breaks down dead plants and animals
Microorganism
any kind of living thing that is too small to be seen with just our eyes. We need a microscope to see these microorganisms