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Lesson 6 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Predator | An animal that hunts and eats another animal. |
| Prey | Any animal that is hunted by others for food. |
| Producer | Makes their own food from energy (most come from sun. Plants are producers.) |
| Consumers | Organisms that can't make their own food. |
| Herbivore | Eat only plants. |
| Carnivore | Eat only animals. |
| Omnivore | Eat plants and animals. |
| Scavengers | Carnivores that feed on dead animals instead of hunting and killing their prey. |
| Decomposers | Organisms that get their energy by breaking down wastes and dead organisms. |
| Food Chain | A series of steps showing how energy moves from one living thing to another. |
| Food Web | A diagram that combines many food chains into one picture. |
| Symbiosis | A long term relationship between two different organisms. |
| Parasite | An organism that lives on or inside of other 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 Factor | Living organisms. |
| Abiotic factor | Nonliving. |
| Population | A 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. |
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