Unit 3: Matter and Energy in Organisms Vocabulary

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

• producer

• consumer

• community

• niche

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

• ecosystem

• niche

• photosynthesis

• consumer

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An animal that hunts, catches and eats other animals.

• consumer

• predator

• prey

A living thing, such as a plant, that can make its own food.

• producer

• prey

• consumer

• niche

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

• ecosystem

• community

• environment

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

• consumer

• predator

• prey

• producer

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The place where an organism lives and can find everything they need to survive.

• environment

• habitat

• ecosystem

• community

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

• ecosystem

• environment

• community

• niche

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

• prey

• photosynthesis

• population

• prey

Animals that are caught and eaten by predators.

• predator

• prey

• producer

• photosynthesis

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