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5.9 Ecosystems Wk 2
Ecosystems Vocab
Question | Answer |
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Ecosystem | A community of living & non-living things in their natural environment |
Producer | An organism that uses sunlight to make its own food for energy |
Consumer | An organism that gets energy from eating other organisms |
Food Web | A connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem |
Herbivore | An animal that gets energy by eating only plants |
Omnivore | An animal that gets energy by eating both plants & animals |
Decomposer | An organism that gets energy by eating dead organisms, non-living materials or waste |
Carnivore | An animal that gets energy by only eating other animals |
Food Chain | The path of energy from one organism to another in an ecosystem |
Predator | An organism that hunts and feeds on another organism |
Prey | Animal that is hunted and eaten for food by another animal |
Living element (Biotic) | plant or animal who needs energy and must meet basic needs in order to survive |
Non Living Element (Abiotic) | part of an ecosystem like water, soil, air, rocks, sunlight, & sediments |