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Vocab Quiz 18
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Producer | A living thing that makes its own food, usually through photosynthesis. |
| Consumer | A living thing that must eat other plants or animals to get energy. |
| Decomposer | A living thing (like fungi or bacteria) that breaks down dead plants and animals into simpler materials. |
| Competition | When living things try to get the same limited resource, like food, water, or space. |
| Food Web | A network of connected food chains that shows how energy moves through an ecosystem. |
| Herbivore | An animal that eats only plants. |
| Carnivore | An animal that eats only other animals. |
| Omnivore | An animal that eats both plants and animals. |
| Predator | An animal that hunts and eats other animals. |
| Prey | An animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal. |