Ecosystem Vocabulary
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| Ecosystem | all the living and nonliving things in an environment, including their interactions
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| abiotic factor | a nonliving part of an ecosystem
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| biotic factor | a living part of an ecosystem
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| food chain | the path of energy in food from one organism to another
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| food web | the overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
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| extinct | a species that has died out completely
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| endangered species | a species that is endangered of becoming extinct
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| consumer | any animals that eats plants or eats other plant eating animals
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| producer | any of the plants and algae that produce oxygen and food that animals need; create their own food
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| herbivore | an animal that eats plants, algae, and other produces
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| omnivore | an animal that eats both plant and animals
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| predator | an animal that hunts other animals for food
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| prey | a living thing that is hunted for food
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| carnivore | an animal that eats another animal
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| scavenger | a meat-eating animal that feeds on the remains of dead animals
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| niche | the role of an organism in a community
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| organism | any living thing that can carry out its life on its own
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| decomposer | any fungi or bacteria that break down dead plants and animals into useful things like minerals and rich soil
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