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15 Cards in this Set
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producer |
organism that makes its own food |
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consumer |
organism that obtains food by eating
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herbivore |
consumer that only eats plants |
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carnivore |
consumer that only eats animals |
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omnivore |
consumer that eats both plants and animals
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scavenger |
animal that eats dead organisms |
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decomposer |
organism that breaks down wastes or remains of other organisms |
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food chain |
way of showing how energy moves through populations of organisms in a community |
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food web |
way of showing how food chains are related |
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energy pyramid |
way of showing how energy moves through a food chain |
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competition |
struggle among organisms for resources in an ecosystem |
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predation |
relationship in which an organism kills and eats another organism |
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predator |
organism that kills and eats another organism |
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prey |
organism that is killed and eaten by another organism |
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symbiosis |
relationship between different species living in close association with one another |
