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Ecology Vocab. #3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| living | something that is alive (ex. plant) |
| non-living | something that was never alive (ex. rock) |
| biotic | living things or once-living (dead) things |
| abiotic | non-living things (ex. sun, water, air) |
| matter | the particles that make up everything in our universe |
| producer | a living organism that makes its own food (ex. plant) |
| consumer | a living organism that eats other plants or animals to survive (ex. cow) |
| herbivore | an animal that only eats plants |
| omnivore | an animal that eats plants and animals |
| carnivore | an animal that only eats other animals |
| decomposer | a living organism that breaks down dead plants and animals |
| extinction | when all members of a species die and none are left |
| biodiversity | many different living things in an ecosystem |