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10-11 McCarty Ecosystem Vocabulary

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A water ecosystem containing live plants and animals   Aquarium  
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A land ecosystem containg soil, rocks, plants, and animals   Terrarium  
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An area where something lives or spends part of its life   Environment  
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Where populations of plans and animals live in the same area and depend on each other for survival (creat food chains)   Community  
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A group of living things taht consists of two (2) or more of the same species, they live and reproduce in a specific area.   Population  
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A place in the ecosystem where a specific organism lives - example - a squirrel's habitat is a tree, a pine tree's habitat is the forest   Habitat  
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This is any living thing   Organism  
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These type of factors where things that affect the organism in some way - type of factor that affects the organisms in an environment - example - sunlight, wind, rain, fire, sounds, other organisms, waste pollution, etc....   Environmental  
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These type of factors are non-living things that affect an organism in some way - example - temperature, rain, sounds, air, clouds   Abiotic  
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These types of factors are living things affecting other living things in some way - example - one animal eating a plant or other animal, sounds animals make affecting other animals, wastes from other organisms, etc...   Biotic  
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Where living things interact with each other and with the non-living factors such as weather, air, ground, and sunlight   Ecosystem  
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A diagram showing an energy (food) pathway - example algae -> daphnia -> guppy   Food Chain  
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An organism that eats meat - example - bobcat   Carnivore  
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An organism that eats plants - example - Rabbit   Herbivore  
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An organism that eats BOTH plants and animals - example - humans   Omnivore  
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All animals are consumers because they have to eat to get energy - example - all animals   Consumer  
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All green plants are producers because they make their own food - example - grass   Producer  
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An organism in a community that causes decay or organic matter, releasing raw materials into the environment - example - bacteria and mushrooms   Decomposer  
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The addition of animals or plants to a population from another area (think of "in")   Immagration  
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The departure of organisms from a population (think of "exit")   Emigration  
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