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Week Twenty-One 2/17
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Living Element | Part of an ecosystem that requires energy to survive and has basic needs |
| Non-living Element | Part of an ecosystem that is not living such as the Sun, water, air, rocks or soil |
| Ecosystem | The living and non-living parts of an area |
| Change | To make different |
| Direct | Observable evidence |
| Indirect | Inferred evidence |
| Impact | Direct effect or change |
| Organism | Any living thing |
| Aquarium | A transparent tank where fish and other water organisms are kept |
| Terrarium | A transparent container full of plants that can house small animals |
| Producer | An organism that gets its energy from the Sun and produces its own food |
| Consumer | An organism that gets its energy from eating other organisms |
| Predator | An organism that hunts and kills other organisms for food |
| Prey | An organism that is hunted and eaten by predators |
| Parasite | An organism that must live on or inside another living organism in order to survive |
| Host | The organism that the parasite lives on or inside |
| Decomposer | An organism that breaks down dead organisms and waste |
| Decomposition | The process in which dead organisms are broken down and returned to the soil |
| Food Chain | Shows the path of energy from one organism to another |
| Food Web | Many overlapping food chains linked together that shows how energy is passed through an entire ecosystem |