| A | B |
|---|
| calorie | the measurement of energy in food |
| carbohydrate, fat, vitamins, minerals, protein | a type of nutrients found in food |
| carnivore | meat eater |
| consumer | animals, some bacteria and fungi that must obtain their food from the environment |
| decomposer | organisms that decompose wastes or consume dead organisms |
| digestion | the process of breaking down of food into a form that can be use dby an organism |
| energy | what all organisms need to stay aloive and carry out life processes |
| excretion | the process of removing waste from the body |
| glucose | a simple sugar, used as fuel |
| herbivore | plant eater |
| homeostasis | the ability of an organism to keep conditions inside its body constant |
| metabolism | all of the chemical reactions in an organism's body |
| omnivore | plant and meat eater |
| photosynthesis | when plants make their own food during a chemical reaction |
| producer | organism that makes its own food |
| respiration | provides oxygen and removes waste |
| transport | moving of nutrients and waste products throughout the body |
