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State Test
20
Science
8th Grade
04/20/2009

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Term
Consumer
Definition
An organism that get energy from feeding on others.
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predator
Definition
organism that does the killing
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prey
Definition
eaten by another
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Scavanger
Definition
feeds on bodies of dead
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Producer
Definition
an organism that makes its own food
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decomposer
Definition
organism that breaks down chemicals from dead organisms
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herbivore
Definition
eats plants
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carnivore
Definition
eats meat
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omnivore
Definition
eats meat and plants
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food chain
Definition
series of events when one organism eats another
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food web
Definition
pattern of over lapping food chains
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ribosome
Definition
a small grain like structure in the cytoplasm
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endoplasmic reticulum
Definition
cell structure that forms passage ways in protein and othe rmaterials can travel
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lysome
Definition
small round cell structure, containing chemicals that break down.
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chloroplast
Definition
structure in cell plants that captures solar energy
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mitochondria
Definition
creates energy for cell
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photosynthesis
Definition
process in which some oranisms use sunlight to make own food
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Respiration
Definition
process cells use to break simple food molecules down
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increase
Definition
make greater
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decrease
Definition
to diminish
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