Web of Life Vocab

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What is an animal that eats both plants and animals?

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An omnivore is an animal that eats both plants and animals.

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What is a living thing that eats other living things?

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A consumer is a living thing that eats other living things.

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What is an animal that only eats other animals?

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A carnivore is an animal that only eats other animals.

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What is an animal that only eats plants?

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An herbivore is an animal that only eats plants.

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What is an animal that is hunted by and eaten by another animal?

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Prey is an animal that is hunted by and eaten by another animal.

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What do we call a living thing that produces its own food?

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A producer is a living thing that produces its own food, usually through photosynthesis.

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What is the term for the relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed?

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Parasitism is the relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed.

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What is the term for the relationship where both organisms benefit?

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Mutualism is the relationship where both organisms benefit.

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What is the term for the relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed?

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Commensalism is the relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.

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What is the role of a predator in an ecosystem?

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A predator is an animal that hunts and eats other animals, helping to control the population of prey.