Energy Relationships, Food Chains, Food Webs, Trophic Levels

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An interaction in which one organism kills another for food.

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Predation

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An animal that hunts other animals for food

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Predator

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The organism that is killed by another organism for food.

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Prey

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Organism's role, or job, in its habitat (what it eats, what eats it, when and how it reproduces)

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Niche

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Special characteristics that help an organism survive

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Adaptations

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An organism that cannot make its own food.

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Heterotroph

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An organism that makes its own food

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Autotroph

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Dead organic matter

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Detritus

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Algae is an example of a...

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Autotroph

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The top predator in an ecosystem

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Apex Predator