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Organism Interaction
How do organisms interact with organisms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| organisms | all living things |
| microorganisms | living things too small to be seen with the human eye |
| producer | uses Sun's energy to make their food |
| consumer | animals that can't make their own food |
| decomposer | breaks down dead and decaying matter and returns the nutrients to the soil |
| herbivore | animals that only eats plants |
| omnivore | animals that eat animals and/or plants |
| carnivore | animals that eat only other animals |
| food chain | sequence of plants and animals |
| food web | interconnected food chains |
| predator | animals that hunt and kill other animals |
| prey | animals that are hunted or killed for food |
| parasite | an organism that lives in or on an organism that causes harm without immediately killing it |
| host | home or source of food for a parasite |