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| life cycle | the stages of development of an organism as it grows into an adult |
| reproduce | to make more of the same kind of organism as the adult |
| thrive | to grow in a strong and healthy way |
| pollution | anything in the environment that can harm living organisms or damage the natural resources there |
| unique niche | an organism's role in an ecosystem based on how it gets its food |
| consumers | animals that eat other animals |
| herbivores | animals that eat only plants |
| carnivores | animals that eat only other animals |
| omnivores | animals that eat both plants and animals |
| predators | animals that hunt other animals for food |
| prey | animals that are hunted by predators |
| decomposers | organisms that feed on dead plants and animals, as well as animal wastes |
| food chain | the path of energy from the sun to a plant to an animal to another animal |
| food web | a group of overlapping food chains |
