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Science Vocabulary
Biomes and Food Chains
Question | Answer |
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What is a habitat? | A place where an organism lives and that provides the things that an organism needs. |
What is a biotic factor? | The living parts of an ecosystem. |
What is a abiotic factor? | The nonliving parts of an ecosystem. |
What is ecology? | The study of how living things interact with each other and the environment. |
What is biodiversity? | The number of individuals in a specific area. |
What is a producer? | An organism that can create its own food. |
What is a consumer? | An organism that obtains its every by feeding on other organisms. |
What is a food chain? | A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy. |
What is a food web? | Consists of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem. |
What is an ecosystem? | All living and nonliving things that interact in an area. |
What is a biome? | A group of ecosystems with similar climate and organisms. |
What are the two climate conditions that determine an areas biome? | Temperature and rainfall |