| A | B |
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| instinct | a beahvior that an organism inherits that isn't unique to an individual, it is shared by a population |
| learned behavior | behaviors they have learned from their parents, not inherited from them |
| symbiosis | a long term relationship between different kinds of organisms; usually benefits only one of the organisms |
| mutualism | relationship where both organisms benefit |
| food chains | shows how the consumers in an ecosystem are connected to one another, according to what they eat |
| producers | plants / base of food chain / create their own energy |
| consumers | animals in a community that eat both plants and meat / get their energy by eating other things |
| herbivores | animals that eat producers/plants |
| carnivores | animals that eat other animals (meat) |
| decomposers | consumers that break down the tissues of dead organisms and use it for food |
