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Prairie Vocabulay
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Prairie | Grassland community |
| Observations | Information gathered from senses and measurements |
| Perennial | A flowering plant comes back every year |
| Forb | Non-grass flowering plant |
| Weed | An undesired plant |
| Humus | Rotted material that fertilizes the soil and gives a rich black color |
| Diversity | Variety of species |
| Monoculture | Growing only one type of plant |
| Ecosystem | Everything living and non-living is given a area |
| Abiotic | Non-living factors |
| Producer | An organism that is able to make its own food |
| Consumer | An organism that depends on other for its food |
| Decomposer | An animal that obtains (get) its food by breaking it down dead and decaying organism |
| Carnivore | Animals that eat flesh/meat |
| Herbivore | Animals that eat plants |
| Omnivore | An animal that eats both plants and animals |
| Scavenger | A consumer that eats dead animals/leftovers |
| Predator | Kills and eats other animals to survive |
| Prey | An animal that is hunted |
| Thermometer | Used to measure temperture |
| Soil Thermometer | Used to measure soil temperture |
| Relative Humidity | Humidity or moisture in the air |
| Psychrometer | An instrument used to measure relative humidity |
| Anemometer | An instrument used to measure the wind speed |
| Moisture Meter | An instrument used to measure the amount of moisture something has |
| Light Meter | An instrument used to measure how much light there is given in a area or ;light intesity |