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Ecoystems
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abiotic: | Non-living; examples of abiotic factors include soil, water, temperature, rocks, etc. |
| Adaptations: | Characteristics that help an organism survive in a particular ecosystem (ex. thorns, camouflage) |
| Bacteria: | single celled organisms; decomposers |
| Biome: | A large area where plants and animals live |
| Carnivores: | animals that eat only other animals |
| Consumers: | animals, must eat other organisms to survive |
| Decomposers: | organisms that break down dead and dying materials into useful material (examples include bacteria, fungi, and earthworms) |
| Ecosystem: | everything living and non-living in an area |
| Food Chain: | shows a linear progression of “who eats whom,” the flow of nutrients and energy through an ecosystem; arrows point from what is eaten to the eater (ex. carrot -> bunny) |
| Food Web: | similar to a food chain, but more complex; branches show all of the nutritional relationships for an entire ecosystem; can demonstrate the balance of an ecosystem |
| Herbivores: | animals that eat only plants |
| Hibernation: | A very deep sleep. The animal’s body temperature drops, and its heartbeat and breathing slows down |
| Omnivores: | animals that eat both plants and other animals (ex. humans, bears) |
| Organism: | Any living thing |
| Photosynthesis: | process that plants use to produce their own food (sugar); occurs in the chloroplasts |
| Predator: | animals that hunt, kill and eat other animals (ex. lion) |
| Prey: | animals that are hunted and killed for food (ex. rabbits) |
| Producers: | organisms that make their own “food” via photosynthesis |
| Scavengers: | animals that eat dead organisms (ex. vultures, millipedes, flies) |
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