The polar bear eats fish from the sea because it is a CONSUMER.What does CONSUMER mean?

When students are reading a science or social studies textbook, they need to be able to understand the academic words and phrases. Just like determining the meaning of unknown words in stories, the same can be done for science and social studies texts. To do this, the student will use the context clues to figure out the meaning of academic terms. Learning to analyze academic terms will help in other subjects as well.