| A | B |
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| Ecology | The study of living things and their environment |
| Biotic | All the living things in the environment. |
| Abiotic | All the nonliving things in the environment. |
| Native Species | Plants or animals that normally live in a given area. |
| Invasive Species | Plants or animals that have been transported from one place to a new place that is not their given environment. |
| Habitat | Where an organism lives. |
| Producer | Organisms that makes their own food. |
| Consumer | Organisms that have to find food. |
| Herbivore | Organisms that eat plants only. |
| Carnivore | Organisms that eat animals only. |
| Omnivore | Organisms that eat both plants and animals. |
| Food Chain | Linear food relationship among organisms.,  |
| Food Web | Interconnected food relationships among organisms.,  |
| Scavenger | Organisms that eat dead materials for food |
| Decomposer | Organisms that break down dead things and recycle the nutrients back into the environment |
| Predator | Organisms that hunts another for food |
| Prey | Organism that is hunted and eaten |
