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carnivore
(noun)
an animal that eats
only other animals
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the struggle between
competition
(noun)
organisms of the same
or different species for
limited resources, such as
food, light, or territory
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consumer
(noun)
an organism in a
food chain that eats
other organisms,
especially live ones
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a member of a group
crustacean
(noun)
of mostly aquatic
invertebrates that
includes crabs, lobsters,
and shrimp
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decomposer
(noun)
an organism in a food
chain that breaks down
organic matter
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ecosystem
(noun)
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a biological community
of organisms together
with their environment
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a group of plants and
food chain
(noun)
animals that all have
a relationship with
each other through
what they eat
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food web
(noun)
the interconnected
feeding relationships
within an ecosystem
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herbivore
(noun)
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an animal that eats
only plants
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host
(noun)
an organism off of which
a parasite feeds
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invasive species
(noun)
a species that moves into
an ecosystem and does
harm to the other species
living there
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a type of animal with
mollusk
(noun)
a soft body and no
backbone, such as an
oyster, clam, mussel,
snail, slug, or octopus
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omnivore
(noun)
an animal that eats both
plants and animals
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organism
(noun)
a living thing
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parasite
(noun)
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an organism that
grows and feeds on
another organism
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photosynthesis
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the process by which
plants convert energy
from the Sun into food
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population
(noun)
all the members
of one species in
a particular area
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predator
(noun)
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an animal that hunts
and eats other animals
to survive
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prey
(noun)
an animal that is hunted
and eaten by a predator
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primary consumer
(noun)
an organism in a
food chain that
eats a producer
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producer
(noun)
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an organism in a food
chain that is able to
make its own food
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scavenger
(noun)
an animal that eats
animals that are
already dead
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secondary consumer
(noun)
an organism in a
food chain that eats
primary consumers,
usually herbivores
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species
(noun)
a group of organisms
that are physically
similar and can produce
offspring
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tertiary consumer
(noun)
an organism in a food
chain that eats carnivores
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top predator
(noun)
a predator in a food
chain that no other
consumer eats
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