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5th grade
Vocabulary about ECOSYSTEMS
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| decomposer | breaks down dead organisms and returns their nutrients to the soil (Ex: mushrooms, fungi, bacteria, worms) |
| omnivore | eats both plants and animals |
| herbivore | only eats plants |
| carnivore | only eats meat |
| consumer | eats food to survive |
| producer | makes its own food through photosynthesis (from the sun) |
| predator | an animal that eats another animal |
| prey | an animal that is being hunted or eaten |
| ecosystem | all the living things in an area and their habitat |
| habitat | the natural environment of a plant or animal |
| abiotic factors | nonliving things such as sunlight, soil, and rainfall |
| biotic factors | pertaining to life or living things |
| community | all the plants and animals that live together in the same area |
| population | a group of animals of the same kind that live in a place |
| organism | an individual living thing, such as a plant, an animal, or bacterium |
| food chain | a series of living beings in which each serves as food for the next |
| adaptation | a change in an organism, over time, that better enables it to survive and multiply |
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