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Unit 3
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Community | A group of organisms that live in the same area and interact with one another. |
Consumer | A living thing that cannot make its own food and must eat other living things. |
Ecosystem | A community of organisms and the environment in which they live. |
Environment | All of the living and nonliving things that surround and affect an organism. |
Habitat | The place where an organism lives and can find everything it needs to survive. |
Niche | The role that a plant or animal plays in its habitat. |
Photosynthesis | The process that plants use to make sugar. |
Population | All the organisms of the same kind that live together in a given area. |
Predator | an animal that hunts, catches, and eats other animals. |
Prey | Animals that are caught and eaten by predators. |
Producer | A living thing, such as a plant, that can make its own food. |