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Vocabulary 3.7 (oa)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ecosystem | All the living and nonliving things in an area and their interactions. |
| consumer | An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms. |
| producer | An organism that uses energy from the sun to create its own food (green plants). |
| decomposer | An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms and returns their nutrients to the soil. |
| predator | An animal that hunts other animals for food. |
| prey | An animal that is killed and eaten by another animal. |
| food chain | A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy. |
| herbivore | A consumer that eats only plants. |
| carnivore | A consumer that eats only animals. |
| omnivore | A consumer that eats both plants and animals. |