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river vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 | a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment. |
| Producers | Producers produce their own food |
| Consumers | A plant or animal that gets its energy (food) from other living things. |
| Decomposers | An organism, like bacteria, that breaks down dead plant or animal matter and releases their nutrients back into the soil. |
| Niche | Your role in environment |
| Ecology | The study of the relationship between plants, animals, and their environment. |
| Population | all the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country: |
| Habitat | The place or natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives. |
| Herbivore | An animal that eats plants rather than other animals. |
| Omnivore | an animal or person that eats food of both plant and animal origin. |
| Carnivore | An animal that eats meat. |
| Food Chain | An ordered arrangement of animals and plants in which each feeds on the one below it in the chain. |
| Food Web | complex network of food chains in an ecosystem. |
| Predator | an animal that naturally preys on others. |
| Prey | an animal that is hunted and killed by another for food. |
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