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Producer |
An organism that can make its own food. |
Consumer |
An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms. |
Decomposer |
An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms. |
Fossil Fuels |
An energy-rich substance (such as coil, oil, or natural gas) formed from the remains of organisms. |
Fossil |
The remains or imprint of marine life embedded or preserved in rock layers deep in the earth.
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Sediment |
Particles of rock and sand. |
Food Web |
The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.
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Competition |
The struggle between organisms for the limited resources in a habitat.
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Predation |
An interaction in which one organism kills and eats another. |
Symbiosis |
A close relationship between species that benefits at least one of the species.
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Parasitism |
A relationship in which one organism lives on or inside another and harms it.
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Mutualism |
A relationship between two species in which both species benefit.
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Commensalism |
A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed. |