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NYSExam Vocab List 3
Food Chains/Webs/Pyramids
Question | Answer |
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herbivore | plant eating animal |
carnivore | meat eating animal |
producer | an organism that produces its own food |
consumer | an organism that must eat other organisms because it can't produce its own food |
omnivore | eats both plants and other animals |
food chain | nutrients are passed along from organism to organism in a linear sequence |
decomposer | organism that breaks down the remains and wastes of other organisms |
food web | shows how food chains are interconnected |
food pyramid | shows how available energy decreases in a food chain |
symbiosis | relationship between two or more organisms that live on or inside one another |
parasitism | a symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits while the other organism is harmed |
commensalism | a symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits while the other organism is unaffected |
mutualism | a symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit |
biodiversity | the variety of life forms that exist |
ecological succession | natural process by which one community is replaced by another |
renewable resource | a resource that can be replenished |
nonrenewable resource | a resource that cannot be naturally replaced |