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ecosytems
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| foodweb | the overlapping food chains in a community |
| predator | a living thing that hunts other living things for food |
| scavenger | an animal that feeds on the remains of dead animals |
| food chain | the path of energy from one organism to another |
| cranivore | a living thing that eats meat |
| herbivore | a living thing that eat plants |
| omnivore | an animal that eats plants and animals |
| prey | a animal that is hunted |
| ecosystems | all the living and nonliving things in area |
| adaption | a characteristic that helps an organism in a envirment |
| producer | a organism that produces its own food |
| consumer | an animal that eats plants or eats other plant eating animals |
| abiotic | not living thing |
| biotic | living thing |
| chlorophyll | a green chemical that is inside leaf |
| raptor | a bird of prey |
| habitat | where a animal lives |
| decomposer | dead animal that adds nutrients to the soil |
| camouflage | when a animal changes color to look like its suroundings |
| mimicry | when a animal protects in self by looking like a more dangerous animal. |
| migration | move from one place to another |
| instinct | something you are born knowing how to do |
| phyiscal adaption | a phyisical charcteristic that helps a plant or animal survive. |
| photosynthesis | a process in which a plant makes its food |
| behavioral adaption | a behavioral charcteristics that help a animal survive |
| energy | sun,starting of a foodchain |
| energy pyramid | a pyramid that shows energy passing from one organism from another |