Introduction to Ecosystems Vocabulary

A consumer that eats only plants.

• omnivore

• herbivore

• carnivore

• predator

An organism that eats other organisms.

• host

• parasite

• consumer

• decomposer

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An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism.

• consumer

• decomposer

• prey

• host

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The non-living parts of an ecosystem.

• ecology

• abiotic

• predator

• biotic

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A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms.

• predator

• carnivore

• scavenger

• omnivore

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A consumer that eats only animals.

• scavenger

• carnivore

• herbivore

• omnivore

An animal that hunts other animals for food.

• producer

• carnivore

• omnivore

• predator

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An organism that decomposes living things, turning them into part of the soil.

• consumer

• host

• prey

• decomposer

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A consumer that eats both plants and animals.

• herbivore

• omnivore

• carnivore

• predator

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A community of living organisms called producers, consumers, and decomposers. These biotic and abiotic components are regarded as linked together.

• scavenger

• herbivore

• food web

• ecosystem

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