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CHAPTER 6
Term | Definition |
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PREDITOR | AN ANIMALTHAT EATS ANOTHER ANIMAL |
PREY | ANY HUNTED ANIMAL |
PRODUCERS | MAKE THEIR OWN FOODS FOR ENERGY |
CONSUMERS | ORGANISAMS THAT CANT MAKE THEIR OWN FOOD |
HERBIVORES | EATS ONLY PLANTS |
OMNIVORES | EATS BOTH MEAT AND PLANTS |
CARNIVORES | ONLY EATS MEAT |
SCAVENGERS | EATS DEAD ANIMALS |
DECOMPOSERS | BREAKS DOWN WASTES AND DEAD ORGANISIMS |
FOOD CHAIN | A SERIES OF STEPS BY WHICH ENERGY MOVES FROM ONE TYPE OF LIVING THING TO ANOTHER. |
FOOD WEB | IS A DIAGRAM THAT COMBINES MANY DIFFERENT FOOD CHAINS INTO ONE PICTURES |
SYMBIOSIS | IS A LONG TERM RELATOINSHIP BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT ORGANISIMS |
PARASITE | LIVES ON OR IN THE OF ANOTHER ORGANISIMS |
Ecosystem | all the living and nonliving things in an area and their interactions |
habitat | provides all the things an organism needs to live |
Biotic Factor | Living organisms |
Abiotic factor | nonliving |
Population | group of one species living in an area |
Community | different populations in an area |
Niche | the role that an organism has in an ecosystem |
Carrying Capacity | the number of organisms that can live in a habitat |