Scince

Question 1

consumersan

Answer 1

organism that eats other living things to get energy; an organism that does not produce its own food (related word: consume)

Question 2

Producers

Answer 2

an organism that makes its own food; an organism that does not consume other plants or animals

Question 3

predaitorsan

Answer 3

animal that hunts and eats another animal

Question 4

preyan

Answer 4

animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal

Question 5

speciesa

Answer 5

group of organisms that share similar characteristics and can mate with each other to produce offspring

Question 6

populationsthe

Answer 6

group of organisms of the same species living in the same area

Question 7

communitya

Answer 7

group of different populations that live together and interact in an environment

Question 8

biodiversitythe

Answer 8

variety of species that exist in an environment

Question 9

food chain

Answer 9

model that shows one set of feeding relationships among living things

Question 10

food web

Answer 10

model that shows many different feeding relationships among living things

Question 11

habitatthe

Answer 11

location in which an organism lives

Question 12

ecosystem

Answer 12

all the living and nonliving things in an area that interract with each other

Question 13

niche

Answer 13

the place or role that an organism has in its habitat

Question 14

symbiosis

Answer 14

the part of an animal body located between the thorax (chest) and pelvis (hips); the hind section of an insect or spider’s body

Question 15

mutualisma

Answer 15

relationship between two species of a plant, animal, or fungus in which one lives off the other and both organisms benefit