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| the overlapping food chains that link producers, consumers, and decomposers in an ecosystem |
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| one of many small openings, or pores, usually on the underside of a leaf, through which gases enter and leave a plant |
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| a living thing that obtains energy by eating other living things |
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| a sugar produced by plants that is the source of energy cells |
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| the path of energy transfer from one living organism to another in an ecosystem |
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| a process in which a plant releases moisture through its stomata |
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| a living thing that breaks down the remains of dead organisms |
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| a substance found in plants that is a storage form of glucose |
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| a growth response of a plant to conditions in the environment, such as light or water |
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| the process by which producers, such as plants, make their own food by using energy from the sun |
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| an organism that makes its own food through photosynthesis |
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| the process of using oxygen to release energy from food |
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| ________ can produce their own food, using light energy, carbon dioxide, and water. |
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| __________ is a gas that is found in the air. |
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Plants give off oxygen, a gas that makes up about ______ percent of air.
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| ________ is an important plant process. |
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| ________ are tiny cell structures containing a green pigment called chlorophyll. |
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