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prescription

form written by a doctor to get medicines, includes antibiotics

Prey

an animal which is hunted and eaten by another animal

Primary colours

three colours (red, blue and green) that combine to give all the other colours seen by the human eye

Primary consumer

the first animal in a food chain; it always eats the producer

Producers

plants, which produce their own food using energy from the Sun

Product

a substance that is made during a chemical change

Properties

the characteristics of a substance

protein

food needed for growth and repair of tissues, also used to make enzymes.

Pyramid of numbers

a diagram showing the number of organisms at each level of a food chain


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