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Science 3A
Living Things and Their Environments
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| compare | to decide which of two numbers is greater. |
| organism | a living thing |
| environment | all the things that surround an organism |
| adaptation | a structure or behavior that helps an organism survive in its environment. |
| producer | an organism that makes its own food |
| consumer | an organism that eats food |
| food chain | the way food passes from one organism to another |
| predator | an organism that captures and eats other organisms |
| prey | an organism that is captured and eaten by another organism |
| population | organisms of the same kind that live in the same place at the same time |
| community | all the plants, animals, and other organisms that live and interact in the same place. |
| habitat | the place where an organism lives |