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Habitats
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Habitat | A place where a plant or an animal lives |
| Organism | A single living thing |
| Species | A type of living thing |
| Community | A group of interacting species sharing a habitat |
| Producers | Organisms that produce their own food |
| Consumers | Organisms that consume food |
| Decomposers | Organisms that break down plant and animal remains into soil nutrients |
| Predator | Animals that hunt and eat other animals |
| Prey | Animals that are hunted and eaten by other animals |
| Herbivore | Animals that eat only plants |
| Carnivore | Animals that eat only other animals |
| Omnivore | Animals that eat both plants and other animals |
| Adaptation | Characteristics that help an animal survive in its environment |
| Camouflage | Colors or patterns that blend with an organism’s environment |
| Ecology | The study of the interactions between organisms and their environments |
| Ecosystem | A system of organisms and environment working together |
| Paleontologist | Scientist that excavates, or digs and removes, fossils from the surrounding rock |
| Fossils | Preserved remains of plants or animals |