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Ecosystems
Term | Definition |
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Producer | A living thing that can use sunlight to make it's own food. |
Predator | An animal that hunts other animals for food. |
Prey | An animal that is hunted by another for food. |
Food Web | Pathways of energy that overlap in a ecosystem. |
Food Chain | The transfer of energy from the sun to producer to consumer. |
Ecosystem | An area where living and non-living things interact. |
Consumer | A living thing that has to hunt or gather it's own food. |
Herbivore | A consumer that only eats plants. |
Carnivore | A consumer that only eats meat. |
Omnivore | A consumer that eats meat and plants. |
Adaptation | A change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment. |
Decomposer | An organism that puts materials from dead plants and animals back into soil, air, or water. |