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Ecosystems Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| producers | Plants; use light energy from the sun to produce food |
| consumers | Cannot make their own food so they must eat plants and/or other animals |
| decomposers | Get energy by breaking down dead or decaying matter |
| Example of a producer | plants |
| Example of a consumer | animals |
| Example of a decomposer | worms |
| Herbivore | eats only plants |
| Carnivore | eats only animals |
| Omnivore | eats both plants and animals |
| Biotic | all living things in one area |
| Abiotic | all non-living things in one area |
| Population | all the same species living in a certain area |
| Community | all of the groups of populations in an area |
| Ecosystem | the entire community plus abiotic factors |
| Example of a population | all the deer living in a forest |
| Example of a community | squirrels, deer, oak trees, grass in a forest |