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Ecology
6th Science - Ecology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Habitat | a place where an organism lives that provides all of its needs |
| Carnivore | eat only MEAT |
| Omnivore | eat both PLANTS and ANIMALS |
| Producer | an organism that uses an outside energy source to make its own food - MOSS, GRASS, FLOWERS |
| Decomposer | an organism that recycles nutrients from dead organisms - FUNGI, BACTERIA |
| Predator | a consumer that CAPTURES and EATS other consumers |
| Prey | the consumer that is EATEN |
| Sunlight | main source of energy for most food chains on the planet |
| Ecologist | studies living things and their interactions in the environment |
| Scavengers | feed on the bodies of already dead organisms. VULTURES |
| Ecosystem | all of the LIVING and NON-LIVING things interacting. |
| Abiotic Factors | non-living parts of an ecosystem |
| Biotic Factors | living parts of an ecosystem |
| Niche | an organisms role in the environment |
| First Link in a Food Chain | producer |
| Herbivores | eat only PLANTS |
| Mutualism | both organisms benefit |
| Commensalism | one organism benefits the other is not helped or harmed |
| Parasitism | one organism benefits the other is harmed |
| Dominant Species | the most abundant species in an ecosystem that is well adapted to their environment |
| Insectivore | eats insects |
| Competition | occurs when organisms share the same food source, water, mates or habitat |
| Symbiosis | any close relationship between species |
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