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An animal that hunts other animals for food
predator
100
A living thing that is hunted for food.
Prey
100
An animal that eats plants, algae, and other producers.
Herbivore
100
A non-living part of an ecosystem.
Abiotic factors
100
A living part of an ecosystem.
Biotic factor
200
A relationship between two kinds of organisms that lasts over time.
Symbiosis
200
The place where a plant or animal naturally lives and grows.
Habitat
200
All the living and non-living things in an environment, including their interactions with each other.
Ecosystem
200
Any of the fungi or bacteria that break down dead plants and animals into useful things like minerals and rich soil.
Decomposers
200
The path of energy in food from one organism to another.
Food chain
300
The study of how living and non-living things interact
Ecology
300
The overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.
Food web
300
An animal that eats both plants and animals.
Omnivore
300
Any of the plant and algae that produce oxygen and food that animals need.
Producers
300
What is the original source of energy in an ecosystem?
Sun
400
The role of an organism in a community
niche
400
An animal that eats another animal.
Carnivore
400
A relationship between two kinds of organisms that benefits one without harming the other.
Commensalisms
400
All the members of one species in an area.
Population
400
What would happen if one level of a food chain were to be destroyed?
All levels of the food chain will be affected.
500
A relationship between 2 kinds of organisms that benefits both.
Mutualism
500
All the living things in an ecosystem.
Community
500
A meat-eating animal that feeds on the remains of dead animals.
Scavenger
500
Any animal that eats plants or eats other plant-eating animals.
Consumers
500
A relationship in which one organism lives in or on another organism and benefits from that relationship while the other organism may be harmed by it.
Parasitism
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