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Term | Definition |
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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 |