Vocab Words

producer

• an organism that makes food from energy from it's surroundings

consumer

• an organism that eats other organisms

decomposer

• an organism that breaks down nutrients dead cells or animal waste for energy

proteins

• large molecules that made up of smaller molecules called amino acids

carbohydrate

• molecules made of sugar

lipid

• molecules that can not mix with water

phospholipid

• molecules that form much of the cell membrane

ATP

• the major energy- carrying molecule of cells

nucleic acid

• molecules that carry the directions for how to make protiens