12345Ecosystem Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
ecosystem | all living and nonliving things in an area and their interactions |
population | a group of organisms of one species that live in an area at the same time |
community | different populations in a certain area |
niche | a role in an ecosystem, which includes what type of food the organism takes in, how it gets its food, and which of the other species use the organism as food |
habitat | a place that provides all the things an organism needs to live |
predator | an animal that hunts and eats another animal for energy |
prey | an animal that is hunted by another animal for food |
producer | plants and some other organisms that make their own food for energy |
consumer | organisms that can’t make their own food, but get their energy from producers or other consumers |
pollution | any substance that harms or damages the environment |
conservation | an attempt to protect or preserve an environment from changes that can be harmful to it |
organism | an individual animal, plant, or single—celled life form |
respire | making food into energy |
biotic | all living organisms in an ecosystem |
abiotic | the name given to non-living organisms |
biome | large ecosystems with the same climate and organisms |
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