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Web of Life
Web of LIfe
Term | Definition |
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scavenger | An animal that feeds on dead plants and animals |
decomposer | A living thing that gets energy by breaking down dead organisms and animal waste into simpler substances |
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 |
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 |
photosynthesis | The process that plants use to make sugar |
food chain | The transfer of food energy between organisms in an ecosystem |