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Science Chapter 4
Chapter 4 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ecosystem | all the living and nonliving things in an environment and the may ways they interact |
| habitat | the area or place where an organism lives on an ecosystem. |
| population | all the members of one species that live within an area of an ecosystem |
| producer | living thing that makes its own food |
| consumer | living thing that eats other living things |
| herbivore | animal that eats plants |
| fossil | remains or mark of an animal or plant that lived long ago. |
| food chain | the transfer of energy from one organism to another by eating and being eaten. |
| carnivore | animal that gets food by eating other animals |
| extinct | no longer existing as a species |
| food web | system of overlapping food chains in which the flow of energy branches out in many directions |
| omnivore | animal that eats plants and other animals. |
| paleontologist | a scientist who studies fossils |
| competition | occurs when two or more living things needs the same resources in order to survive. |
| decomposer | organism that breaks down plant and animal waste and remains |