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Week Twenty-two 2/24
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Producer | An organism that gets its energy from the Sun and produces its own food |
| Consumer | An organism that gets its energy from eating other organisms |
| Predator | An organism that hunts and kills other organisms for food |
| Prey | An organism that is hunted and eaten by predators |
| Parasite | An organism that must live on or inside another living organism in order to survive |
| Host | The organism that the parasite lives on or inside |
| Decomposer | An organism that breaks down dead organisms and waste |
| Decomposition | The process in which dead organisms are broken down and returned to the soil |
| Food Chain | Shows the path of energy from one organism to another |
| Food Web | Many overlapping food chains linked together that shows how energy is passed through an entire ecosystem |
| Omnivore | Animals that eat both plants and animals |
| Herbivore | Animals that eat mainly plants |
| Species | A group of organisms of the same kind that can produce offspring like themselves |
| Extinct | A plant or animal species that is no longer alive |
| Niche | The role or job an organism plays within its environment |
| Endangered | A plant of animal that is found in such small numbers that it is almost extinct |
| Habitat | The environment where an organism lives |
| Population | All of the same type of species living in the same environment |
| Carnivore | Animals that eat mainly meat |
| Community | All of the populations living together in the same environment |
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