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Quehl ecosystem word
Quehl ecosystem vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| all of the living and nonliving things that interact in an area | ecosystem |
| the remains of plants and animals | organic matter |
| the loose material made of rock, minerals, and organic matter that covers much of the earth's surface | soil |
| the living things in an ecosystem | community |
| everything that surrounds and affects a living thing | environment |
| all the members of one kind of plant or animal in a community | population |
| a grassy area with few trees | prairie |
| an area with warm temperatures all year and a lot of sunlight and rainfall | rainforest |
| an area of Earth where the temperature rarely gets very hot or very cold | temperate zone |
| an animal that helps plants make seeds | pollinator |
| an animal that gets energy by eating plants or other animals | consumer |
| an organism that makes its own food | producer |
| the process of making more of one's own kind | reproduction |
| the scattering of seeds from the plant that produced them | seed dispersal |