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Ecosystems
Vocabulary for Crossword Puzzle
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ecosystem | A community and its physical environment |
| symbiosis | Long-term relationship between 2 organisms |
| decomposer | Consumer that breaks down the tissues of dead organisms |
| exotic | Organism that is not native to its environment |
| producer | The part of the ecosystem that creates its own food using sunlight |
| food chain | Shows how all the parts of an ecosystem are related by what they eat and what eats them |
| niche | Role of a population in a habitat |
| competition | Organisms have this type of contest for food and resources |
| consumer | These organisms in the ecosystem must eat to get the energy they need |
| population | Individuals of the same kind living in an environment |