Interdependency Vocabulary 5.9 A,B,C

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What is a predator?

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An organism that hunts and feeds on another organism.

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What is a population?

Back

All of the interacting members of the same species in an area.

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What does symbiotic mean?

Back

A long-term relationship between two different kinds of organisms where one or both receive benefit.

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What is a food chain?

Back

A path of energy transfer from one organism to another.

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What is an organism?

Back

A single, self-contained living thing.

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What is a herbivore?

Back

An organism that primarily eats plants.

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What is a carnivore?

Back

An organism that primarily eats other animals.

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What is an ecosystem?

Back

A community of living organisms and their interactions with their environment.

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What is a food web?

Back

A complex network of feeding relationships among organisms in an ecosystem.

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What is a consumer?

Back

An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms.