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Animal Vocabulary
Animal Relationships
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| predator | hunts and eats other animals |
| prey | an animal that is eaten by the predator |
| population | a group of the same species that live in the same area |
| community | group of different species that live in the same area |
| habitat | where an animal lives |
| drought | a period of unusually dry weather that lasts long enough to cause environmental problems |
| conservation | to save or protect |
| organism | a living thing |
| natural resources | something that is found in nature and is necessary or useful for humans |
| floods | an excess amount of precipitation |
| extinct | a species is dead and will not return |
| endangered | a species of animal decreasing in number |
| food chain | a food chain is a system where a small animal is the food for a larger animal, which, in turn, is the food for an even larger animal |
| food web | a series of connected food chains linked in an ecosystem |
| interdependence | people, animals, or things depending on each other for survival |
| ecosystem | relationships between animals, plants, and habitats |
| aquatic | water environment |
| terrestrial | land environment |
| producer | organisms that make their own food |
| consumer | animal or human that eats plants and animals for energy |
| decomposer | consumers that break down dead plants and animals |
| herbivore | eats only plants |
| carnivore | eats only meat |
| omnivore | eats both plants and animals |
| mushroom | decomposer |
| desert, grassland, forest | terrestrial |
| swamp, pond, river, ocean | aquatic |
| soil, plants, air, water | natural resources |
| herd of buffalo | population |