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ecologymills
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ecology | study of interactions between organisms and their environment |
| biosphere | layer of Earth that supports life |
| biotic factors | living factors in an environment |
| abiotic factors | nonliving factors in an environment |
| food chain | energy passing from one living thing to another |
| producers | make their own food |
| consumers | cannot make their own food |
| decomposers | break down molecules and return nutrients to the soil |
| herbivores | plant eaters |
| carnivores | meat eaters |
| omnivores | plant and meat eaters |
| food web | many food chains linked together |
| predator | animal that stalks and eats other animals |
| prey | animal that is captured and eaten |
| symbiosis | living together |
| herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores | What are the three types of consumers? |
| carnivore | What type of consumer is a tiger? |
| herbivore | What type of consumer is a squirrel? |
| herbivore | What type of consumer is a deer? |
| use energy from the sun | How do producers make food? |
| producer | What type of consumer is considered the "bottom" of the food chain? |
| fungi, bacteria, mushroom | Give two examples of a decomposer. |
| humans, bears | Give two examples of an omnivore. |
| plants, mammals, amphibians, reptiles | Give two examples of biotic factors. |
| soil, light, temperature, moisture, air | Give two examples of abiotic factors. |
| biome | a large area on the Earth's surface that is defined by the types of animals and plants living there |
| rainforest, desert, ice caps, tundra, savanna, grassland | List three types of biomes. |
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Mills, Susan
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