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Chapter 1 Vocab
Nick
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3rd Grade
12/16/2008

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carnivore
Definition
an animal that eats only other animals
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community
Definition
a group of plants and animals that live in a certain area
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consumer
Definition
a living thing that eats other living things to survive
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decomposer
Definition
a living thing that breaks down and feeds on the remains of once-living things
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environment
Definition
all the surrounding living and nonliving things that affect a living thing
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extinction
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the permanent disappearance of all living things of a certain kind
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food chain
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the path that energy takes through a community as one living thing eats another
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food web
Definition
two or more overlapping food chains
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herbivore
Definition
an animal that eats only plants
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omnivore
Definition
an animal that eats both plants and animals
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predator
Definition
an animal that hunts other animals for food
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prey
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an animal hunted for food by another animal
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producer
Definition
a living thing that can make its own food
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