Ecosystems

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What do we call small consumers that are hunted and eaten by larger consumers?

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Prey

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What is an organism that can make its own food called?

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Producer

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What do we call organisms that cannot make their own food and must eat something for energy?

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Consumer

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What is an animal that hunts and eats other animals for energy called?

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Predator

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What term describes a situation where there are too few animals or plants in an area, causing other animals to go hungry or die?

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Scarcity

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What is the term for the place where an organism lives?

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Habitat

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What do we call the group of different species living together in a specific area?

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Community

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What is the role of decomposers in an ecosystem?

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Decomposers break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients back into the soil.

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What is the process by which plants make their own food using sunlight called?

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Photosynthesis

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What do we call the relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed?

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Parasitism