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Ecosystems
Organisms and Where They Live Vocab
Question | Answer |
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The living and nonliving things in an environment. | ecosystem |
The living part of an ecosystem. | community |
One type of organism living in an area. | population |
The home of an organism. | habitat |
An organism, such as a plant, that makes food. | producer |
Any organism that eats the food producers make or that eats other consumers. | consumer |
An organism that breaks down wastes and the remains of other organisms. | decomposer |
The set of steps in which organisms get the food they need to survive. | food chain |
The pattern that shows how food chains are related. | food web |
A consumer that eats only plants. | herbivore |
A consumer that eats only animals. | carnivore |
A consumer that eats both plants and animals. | omnivore |
A consumer that eats prey. | predator |
Consumers that are eaten by predators. | prey |