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Chapter 6
Term | Definition |
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PREDATOR | An animal that eats another animal |
PREY | Any animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal |
PRODUCER | Make their own food from the sun or other chemicals |
PRODUCER | Make their own food from the sun or other chemicals |
CONSUMER | Organisms that cannot make their own food so they get energy from producers or other consumers |
CONSUMER | Organisms that cannot make their own food so they get energy from producers or other consumers |
HERBIVORE | Only eat plants not meat |
CARNIVORE | Only eat meat not plants |
OMNIVORE | Eats both plants and meat |
OMNIVORE | Eats both plants and meat |
SCAVENGER | Feed on dead animals rarely ever kill |
SCAVENGER | Feed on dead animals rarely ever kill |
DECOMPOSER | Get their energy from breaking down wastes and dead organisms |
DECOMPOSER | Get their energy from breaking down wastes and dead organisms |
FOOD CHAIN | Series of steps in which energy moves from one living thing to another |
FOOD CHAIN | Series of steps in which energy moves from one living thing to another |
FOOD WEB | A diagram that combines many food chains into one picture |
FOOD WEB | A diagram that combines many food chains into one picture |
SYMBIOSIS | Long term relationship between two different organisms |
SYMBIOSIS | Long term relationship between two different organisms |
SYMBIOSIS | Long term relationship between two different organisms |
ECOSYSTEM | All the living and nonliving things in an area and their interactions |
HABITAT | Provides all the things an organism needs to live |
BIOTIC | Living organisms |
ABIOTIC | Nonliving |