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Ecosystems Vocab
Term | Definition |
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producers | Plants; use light energy from the sun to produce food |
consumers | Cannot make their own food so they must eat plants and/or other animals |
decomposers | Get energy by breaking down dead or decaying matter |
Example of a producer | plants |
Example of a consumer | animals |
Example of a decomposer | worms |
Herbivore | eats only plants |
Carnivore | eats only animals |
Omnivore | eats both plants and animals |
Biotic | all living things in one area |
Abiotic | all non-living things in one area |
Population | all the same species living in a certain area |
Community | all of the groups of populations in an area |
Ecosystem | the entire community plus abiotic factors |
Example of a population | all the deer living in a forest |
Example of a community | squirrels, deer, oak trees, grass in a forest |