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To get this, animals must eat plants, or other animals that eat plants

ENERGY

This is the animal that is hunted

PREY

This organism gets energy by eating other organisms because this type is unable to produce its own food

CONSUMER

This organism hunts and eats other organisms

PREDATOR

Organisms of this have the same general characteristics and adaptations, as well as niche

SPECIES

The role a species plays in nature. This is where it lives, how it gets food and no two are alike.

NICHE

This is the process where plants take in water, sunlight, and carbon dioxide to create oxygen and sugar, which it uses for food.

PHOTOSYNTHESIS

All the non-living things in an ecosystem

ABIOTIC FACTORS

Biotic and abiotic factors interacting with each other and their physical environment

ECOSYSTEMS

Organisms living together in ecosystems with several types of populations

COMMUNITY

All the members of the same species make a...

POPULATION

This organism uses the sun to make food through the process of photosynthesis

PRODUCERS

This is a plant eating organism

HERBIVORE

This organism feeds on waste, and dead or decaying plants and animals

DECOMPOSER

A meat-eater

CARNIVORE

All living and once living things in an ecosystem

BIOTIC FACTORS

Structure or behavior that enables a species to survive in its environment, for ex. a chameleon

ADAPTATIONS

Substances living things need to grow

NUTRIENTS

DAILY DOUBLE In what year did Mr. Antal and Copley High School win the first ever state championship in any sport?

1994 Yes, the sport was soccer! Copley defeated Kettering Alter from Dayton 2-1. Mr. Antal had an assist on the first goal!

Plant and meat eaters

OMNIVORES

The interaction between two organisms that affects population size

PREDATOR-PREY RELATIONSHIP

A long term close relationship with other species is …

SYMBIOSIS

This is the type of symbiosis where one organism benefits, while the other is not harmed. An example is the crab spider and a flower

COMMENSAISM

This type of symbiosis is when all organisms benefit. An example is bees and flowers

MUTALISM

This type of symbiosis is when one organism lives in or on another, harming the other organism. An example is a flea and a dog

PARASITISM