Relationships in an Ecosystem

A group of organisms that live in the same area and interact with one another.

• community

• population

• environment

• ecosystem

A living thing that cannot make its own food and must eat other living things.

• consumer

• producer

A community of organisms and the environment in which they live.

• community

• population

• environment

• ecosystem

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All of the living and nonliving things that surround and affect an organism.

• community

• population

• environment

• habitat

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The place where an organism lives and can find everything it needs to survive.

• niche

• habitat

• community

• environment

The role that a plant or animal plays in its habitat.

• niche

• habitat

• community

• environment

The process that plants use to make their own food is ________.

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All the organisms of the same kind that live together in a given area.

• community

• population

• environment

• ecosystem

An animal that hunts, catches, and eats other animals.

• prey

• predator

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Animals that are caught and eaten by predators.

• prey

• predator

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