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Prairie Vocabulay
Term | Definition |
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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 |