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Ecology Interactions
Organism relationships
Term | Definition |
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producer | A organism that use sunlight to make food (sugar). |
consumer | An organism that eats other organism to get energy. |
carnivore | An animal that eats other animals to get energy. |
herbivore | An animal that eats plants to get energy. |
omnivore | An animal that eats plants and other animals to get energy. |
decomposer | An organism that break down dead organisms. |
predator | An animal that hunts other animals to get energy. |
prey | An animal that is hunted and eaten by other animals. |
autotroph | producer |
heterotroph | consumer |
primary consumer | herbivore |
secondary consumer | omnivore or carnivore |
mutualism | both organisms benefit |
commensalism | one organism benefits and the other is not affected |
parasitism | one organism benefits but the the other is harmed |
symbiosis | close relationships between organisms |