Chapter 4 Science Vocab

all the living and nonliving things in an environment and the many ways they interact

• Ecosystem
• Biodiversity
• Population
• Habitat

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living thing that makes its own food

• Heterotroph
• Photosynthesis
• Carnivore
• Producer

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area or place where an organism lives in an ecosystem

• territory
• domain
• environment
• habitat

living thing that eats other living things

• herbivore
• omnivore
• photosynthesis
• consumer

all the members of one species that live within an area of an ecosystem

• community
• habitat
• population
• environment

animal that eats plants

• carnivore
• herbivore
• omnivore
• predator

animal that gets food by eating other animals

• vegetarian
• carnivore
• herbivore
• omnivore

the transfer of energy from one organism to another by eating and being eaten

• Food chain
• Energy web
• Predator-prey relationship
• Nutrient cycle

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remains or mark of an animal or plant that lived long ago

• fossil
• relic
• relic
• artifact

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animal that eats plants and other animals

• carnivore
• herbivore
• predator
• omnivore

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