Term |
Definition |
predator |
An organism, usually an animal, that kills another organism for food. |
prey |
An organism that is hunted and eaten by another organism. |
photosynthesis |
the process in which plants and some other organisms use the energy in sunlight to make food. |
chlorophyll |
a green pigment that traps energy from the sun. |
symbiosis |
The relationship between two organisms or species that live together in an environment. |
host |
An organism that is infected by a parasite. |
parasite |
An organism that lives in or on another organism (the host) and obtains nourishment from the host but provide nothing back to that host. |
environment |
All the living and nonliving things that surround an organism. |
resource |
A naturally material in or on Earth’s crust or atmosphere of potential use to humans. |