| A | B |
|---|
| a trait that helps a living thing survive in its environment | adaptation |
| an adaptation by which an animal can hide by blending in with its surroundings | camouflage |
| an organism that cannot make its own food | consumer; EX - deer and rabbit |
| an organism that breaks down wastes and the remains of other organisms into simpler substances | decomposer - EX - worms, bacteria, and fungi |
| the path that energy takes from one organism to another in the form of food | food chain |
| the food chains that overlap in an ecosystem | food web |
| to rest or sleep through the cold winter | hibernate |
| an adaptation in which one kind of organism has similar traits to another | mimicry |
| an adaptation in which an animal is active during the night and asleep during the day | nocturnal |
| an environment where water covers the soil for much of the year | wetland |
| an organism, such as a plant, that makes its own food Ex: green plants, such as grass and trees (land) and algae (water) | producers |
| a consumer that eats only producers (plants and algae) | herbivore |
| a consumer that eats other consumers | carnivore |
| a consumer that eats both producers and consumers | omnivore |
| a diagram that shows the amount of energy available at each level of a food chain in an ecosystem | energy pyramid |
