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4- Science Unit C
CH 7/8: Ecosystem; Food Web Vocabulary Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Community | All the organisms that live in the same ecosystem and interact with each other. |
| Consumer | An organism that eats other living things to get energy. |
| Ecosystem | All living and nonliving things that exist and interact in one place. |
| Environment | Everything that surrounds and affects a living thing. |
| Organic Matter | The remains of plants and animals. |
| Pollinator | An animal, such as an insect or bird, that helps make seeds by moving pollen from part of the plant to another. |
| Population | The organisms of the same kind that live in an ecosystems. |
| Prairie | A grassy land area with few or no trees. |
| Producer | Any organism that makes its own food. |
| Rainforest | An area with a great deal of rainfall; most rain forests are warm all year, and there is a lot of sunlight. |
| Reproduction | The process of making more of one's own kind. |
| Seed Dispersal | The scattering or carrying away of seeds from the plant that produced them. |
| Soil | The loose material that covers much of the Earth's surface. |
| Temperate Zone | Places with a temperate climate usually have warm, dry summers and cold, wet winters. |
| Carnivore | An animal that eats only other animals. |
| Decay | To break down into simpler materials. |
| Decomposer | An organism that breaks down the remains of dead organisms. |
| Food Chain | The path of energy in an ecosystem as one living thing eats another. |
| Food Web | Two or more food chains that overlap. |
| Herbivore | An animal that only eats plants. |
| Microorganism | A tiny living thing that can only be seen with a microscope. |
| Omnivore | An animal that eats both plants and animals. |
| Photosynthesis | The process plants use to make food. |
| Predator | An animal that hunts other animals for food. |
| Prey | An animal that is hunted for food by a predator. |
| Recycling | The process of breaking down materials into a different form for a new use. |
| Scavenger | An animal that feeds on the remains of dead animals. |