Interactions in Ecosystems
Terms
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- scavenger
- an animal that eats the remains of dead animals
- consumer
- an organism that eats other organisms
- mutualism
- the symbiotic relationship that benifits both organisms
- prey
- the animals that predators eat
- tertiary consumers
- the organism that is at the top of the food chain
- primary consumer
- an organism that eats the plant
- producer
- an organism that makes its own food
- secondary consumer
- an organism that gets eaten by the primary consumer
- predator
- an animal that feeds on other living animals
- symbiosis
- a relationship between 2 organisms of different species that benifits one or both of the organisms
- parasitism
- a symbiotic relationship in which 1 organism benifits and the other harms
- decomposer
- a type of consumer that gets its food by breaking down animal wastes and remains of dead plants and animals
- commensalism
- a symbiotic relationship that benifits 1 organism and niether helps or harms the other organism