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Ch.5 Vocabualry-G4
Ch.5 Vocabulary-Houghton Mifflin
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ecosystem | All of the living and nonliving things that interact in an area |
| Organic Matter | The remains of plants and animals |
| Soil | The loose material made of rock, minerals, and organic matter that covers much of Earth's surface |
| Community | The living things in an ecosystem |
| Environment | Everything that surrounds and affects a living thing |
| Population | All the members of one kind of plant or animal in a community |
| Prairie | A grassy area with few trees |
| Rainforest | An area with warm temperatures all year an a lot of sunlight and rainfall |
| Temperate Zone | An area of Earth where the temperature rarely gets very hot or very cold |
| Consumer | An animal that gets energy by eating plants or other animals |
| Pollinator | An animal that helps plants make seeds |
| Producer | An organism that makes its own food |
| Reproduction | The process of making more of one's own kind |
| Seed Dispersal | The scattering of seeds from the plant that produced them |