| A | B |
|---|
| herbivore | only eats plants |
| omnivore | eats plants and meat/animals |
| carnivore | eats only meat/ other animals |
| adaptation | something that helps a living thing to survive in its environment |
| camouflage | the ability to blend in with surroundings |
| community | a group of plants or animals that live in a certain area |
| consumer | a living thing that eats other living things to survive |
| decomposer | a living thing that breaks down and feeds on the remains of once-living things |
| environment | all the surrounding living & non-living things that affect a living thing |
| food chain | the path of one living thing eating another |
| food web | two or more overlapping food chains |
| hibernation | a deep sleep that allows animals to survive through winter |
| life cycle | the changes that occur during a lifetime of a living thing |
| life span | the length of time a living thing is alive |
| mimicry | to copy & act like another animal in order to survive |
| parasite | a living thing that lives off another living thing |
| predator | an animal that hunts other animals |
| prey | an animal hunted by other animals |
| producer | a living thing that makes its own food |
| migrate | to move to another region as the seasons change |
| scavenger | an animal that lives on dead animals |
| photosynthesis | the way a plant makes its own food |
| energy | when food is burned |
| habitat | the surroundings where a living thing survives |
| population | the number of animals in a certain area |
| nutrients | any substance used by living things to help them grow and thrive |
