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Web of Life
Web of LIfe
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |