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Ecosystems
Review Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adaptation | a characteristic body part, shape, or behavior that helps a plant or animal survive in its environment |
| beneficial | It has a good effect. |
| community | All populations interact and form this.. |
| detrimental | It has a bad effect. |
| ecosystems | vary in size..a group of living or nonliving things interacting with each other |
| extinct | it no longer exists |
| habitat | a place or environment where an organism naturally occurs |
| impact | the result or effect of some action |
| learned behaviors | these develop because of experiences with the environment |
| migrate | to move between two habitats, such as when the seasons change |
| neutral | neither good nor bad |
| organisms | living things |
| overpopulation | there are too many organisms for the surrounding environment to sustain (keep alive) |
| population | a group of living organisms of the same kind living in the same place at the same time |
| predator | an animal who kills another animal for food |
| prey | an animal that is killed and eaten as food |