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BEES M5L1 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| tertiary consumer/ top predator | the highest level in an ecosystem where animals eat secondary consumers |
| ecosystem | community of different species and their non-living environment in an area |
| biotic factors | all the living things in an ecosystem |
| symbiosis | close relationship between two organisms of different species that benefits at least one of them |
| abiotic factors | all the nonliving components of an ecosystem |
| mutualism | close association between two organisms of different species that benefits both organisms |
| organism | any individual living thing |
| commensalism | close association between two organisms of different species that benefits one organism and neither helps nor harms the other |
| parasitism | close association between two organisms of different species that benefits one organism and harms the other |
| herbivore | an organism that eats only plants |
| carnivore | an organism that eats other living things for food |
| food chain | diagram of how energy is transferred from one organism to another |
| food web | all of the food chains in an ecosystem |
| producer | organism in an ecosystem that makes its own food from sunlight through photosynthesis |
| primary consumer | organism in a food chain that eats producers |
| secondary consumer | organism in a food chain that eats primary consumers for food |