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Ecosystems
Ecosystem cards
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| role | a part played by something – what one does for an entire system |
| community | the living parts of an ecosystem, - plants and animals |
| habitat | where an organism lives, its home |
| food web | shows how food chains are connected to other food chains with an ecosystem |
| ecosystem | places that include both living and non-living things and how they interact and depend on each other |
| scarcity | When there is not much of one organism or object |
| producers | organisms that make food – use sunlight to make food |
| food chain | the steps in which organisms get the food they need to live |
| organisms | a form of life – a type of living thing |
| population | only one type of organism (living thing) from a specific community |
| decomposers | break down waste and remains of other organisms |
| consumers | use food that producers make or they eat other organisms |
| omnivore | an animal that eats both plants an animals |
| herbivore | an animal that only eats plants |
| carnivore | an animal that only eats other animals |
| What would happen if all if all producers died? | Then the consumers would die and eventually everything would die. |
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JennyEthridge
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