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Chapter 6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |