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Ecosystem Changes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Biodiversity | the variety of life in an ecosystem |
| Native Species | the naturally born organism that thrives in a certain ecosystem |
| Pathogens | a disease-causing microorganism |
| Extinction | an organism that no longer exists |
| Producer | an organism that makes its own food |
| Consumer | an organism that relies on plants or other animals |
| Ecosystem | a large community of different organisms containing both abiotic and biotic factors |
| Abiotic | the nonliving factors of an ecosystem |
| Biotic | the living or once living factors of an ecosystem |
| Population | The number of the same species living in the same space and time |
| Biosphere | The parts of earth where life is found |
| Herbivore | A consumer that only eats plants |
| Omnivore | A consumer that eats a combination of both plants and animals |
| Carnivore | A consumer that only eats animals |
| Scavenger | Omnivores that eat both dead plants and animals |