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River Vocabulary
Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Biodiversity | is the term given to the variety of life on Earth. It is the variety within and between all species of plants, animals and microorganisms and the ecosystems within which they live and interact. |
| Macroinvertebrate | an animal without a backbone that can be seen without a microscope |
| Ecosystem | Organisms and their enviroment |
| Producers | Plants that get their food from the sun's energy and act as a source of food (energy) for other organisms in an eosystem |
| Consumers | A plant or animal that gets its energy (food) from other living things. |
| Decomposers | Organisms that break down dead plant or animal matter and release the nutrients back into the soil. |
| Niche | A niche is sediment growing on a rock |
| Ecology | A form of biology that handles the relations of organisms to one another and their surroundings |
| Population | Individuals in the same species using a particular area |
| Habitat | The place and natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives. |
| Herbivore | An animal that eats plants |
| Omnivore | An animal that eats both plants and meat |
| Carnivore | Animal that eats meat |
| Food Chain | An ordered arrangement of animals and plants in which feed on the one below it in the chain |
| Food Web | The complex network of chains in an ecosystem |
| Predator | Wild animals that feed on other animals |
| Prey | An animal that is killed by another animal as a source of food. |
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