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| biome | A major ecosystem that has a disticnt combiation of plants and animals. |
| Ecosystem | All the living and non-living things that interact in an environment. |
| Habitat | A place where an animal or plant naturally lives or grows. |
| Organism | A living thing: plant or animal. |
| Interdependence | The relationship between organisms relying on each other for their own survival. |
| Life Cycle | The endless relationship between organisms in an effort to make or find energy in the form of food. |
| Photosynthesis | The process by which plants turn sunlight into food |
| Producer | An organism that makes its own food. |
| Consumer | An organism that eats other organisms. |
| Scavenger | A living thing that feeds on dead and decaying organisms. |
| Predator | An animal that hunts another animal for food. |
| Biotic Factor | A living part of an ecosystem. |
| Abiotic Factor | A non-living part of an ecosystem. |
| Herbiviore | An animal that eats mainly plants. |
| Carnivore | An animal that eats both plants and animals. |
| Omnivore | An animal that eats both plants and animals. |
| Competition | The struggle among living tings for the same resources. |
| Population | All the members of a single type of living thing in an environment. |
| Microorganism | An organism that is too small to see without a microscope. |
| Protist | A microorganism that lives in water. |
| Bacteria | Microorganisms that have cell membranes but no nuclei. |
| Fungi | Plan-like organisms that break down dead or dying plants. |
| Food Chain | The path that energy takes from one organism to another in the form of food. |
| Food Web | The food chains that link together in an environment. |
