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producer | an organism that makes its own food |
consumer | an organism that eats other organisms |
decomposer | a type of consumer that gets its food by breaking down animal wastes and remains of dead plants and animals |
predator | an animal that feeds on other living animals |
prey | the animals predators eat |
scavenger | an animal that eats the remains of animals that have died |
symbiosis | a relationship between two organisms of different species that benefits one or both of the organisms |
parasitism | a symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other organism is harmed |
mutualism | the symbiotic relationship that benefits both organisms involved |
commensalism | a symbiotic relationship that benefits one organism and doesn't harm or help the other organism |