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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| producer | organism that uses the Sun's energy to make sugar and oxygen |
| consumer | animal that eats |
| decomposer | breaks down dead or decaying plant and animal material |
| herbivore | animal that only eats plants |
| carnivore | animal that only eats other animals |
| omnivore | animal that eats both plants and animals |
| predator | animal that hunts and kills other animals |
| prey | animal that is hunted by and killed by other animals |
| endothermic | animal that maintains its body temperature using energy from food |
| ectothermic | animal that maintains its body temperature using energy from outside its body, like the sun or water |
| scavenger | animal that eats animals that were already dead |
| nocturnal | active at night |