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Ecosystems Week 2
Term | Definition |
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Interdependence | The way in which living organisms depend on each other to remain alive, grow, and reproduce. |
Food Chain | A path of energy that flows from one organism to the next ( it flows from the sun to the producers to the primary consumers, then to the secondary consumers, to the tertiary consumers). |
Food Web | a diagram of several connected food chains. |
Niche | The role that an organism plays in the habitat and lifestyle of a population. |
Limiting Factors | A resource or environmental factor that limits the size of a population (the amount of water limits the amount of animals that can live there). |
Primary Consumer | An organism that eats the producer (an animal that ONLY EATS PLANTS). |
Secondary Consumer | An organism that eats the primary consumer. |
Herbivore | An organism that only eats plants. |
Carnivor | An organism that only eats meat. |
Omnivore | An organism that eats both plants and meat. |