Organisms and Environments Vocabulary

The space, conditions, and all the living and non-living things around an organism.

• carrying capacity

• environment

• impact

• overpopulation

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The place where an animal lives

• predator

• prey

• habitat

• species

Any characteristic that helps a plant or animal survive

• Ecosystem

• Living Organism

• Symbiotic

• Adaptations

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All living and nonliving things and all their interactions in an area.

• Ecosystem

• Adaptations

• Symbiotic

• Organism

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

• Ecosystem

• Adaptation

• Organism

• Symbiotic

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An organism that gets energy from eating plants or animals

• Consumer

• producer

• decomposer

• herbivore

An organism that breaks down the remains of dead plants or animals.

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Herbivore

An organism that uses sunlight to make its own food or energy.

• Decomposer

• Producer

• Consumer

• Food web

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An organism that gets energy by eating only plants.

• Producer

• Decomposer

• Consumer

• Herbivore

An organism that gets its energy by eating both plants and other animals.

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

• Producer