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Ecosystems
Organisms and Where They Live Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |