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Question 1

food chain

Answer 1

the path of the energy in food from one organism to another

Question 2

food web

Answer 2

the overlapping food chains in an ecosystem

Question 3

herbivore

Answer 3

an animal that eats plants,algae and other producers

Question 4

carnivore

Answer 4

an animal that eats another animal

Question 5

predator

Answer 5

an animal that hunts other animal for food

Question 6

prey

Answer 6

a living thing that is hunted for food

Question 7

scavenger

Answer 7

a meat eating animal that feeds on the remains of dead animals

Question 8

omnivore

Answer 8

an animal that eats both plants and animals

Question 9

symbiosis

Answer 9

a relationship between two kinds of organisms that lasts over time

Question 10

mutualism

Answer 10

a relationship between two kinds of organisms the benefits both

Question 11

parasitism

Answer 11

a relationship in witch one organism lives in or on another organism and benefits from that relationship while the other organism may be harmed by it.

Question 12

commensalism

Answer 12

a relationship between two kinds of organism that benefits one without harming the other.