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Ecosystems Vocab
Ecosystems vocabulary 6th grade
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abiotic Factors | Non-living things in an ecosystem |
| Biotic factors | living things in an ecosystem |
| Community (Comunidad) | All the different populations that live together in an area |
| Consumer | An organism that gets energy by eating other organisms |
| Decomposer | organism that breaks down and obtains energy from dead plants and animals (returns nutrients to soil for producers) |
| Ecosystem | A system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment |
| Food Chain | series of steps in an ecosystem in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten |
| Food Web | A community of organisms where there are several connected food chains |
| Organism (Organismo) | A living thing (like plants or animals) |
| Population (Población) | a particular group, section, or type of people or animals living in an area |
| Predator | An animal that hunts other animals for food |
| Prey (Presa) | An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism |
| Producer | an organism that makes its own food; an organism that does not consume other plants or animals; they provide energy for the rest of the ecosystem |
| Energy pyramid | A model to show how much energy is transferred from one trophic (feeding) level to the next [10% rule] |
| Primary consumer | eats producers (herbivores) |
| Secondary consumer | primarily eats primary consumers (might eat plants too if they are omnivores) |
| Tertiary consumer | eats other consumers; top of the food chain |
| Herbivore | plant eater |
| Carnivore | meat eater |
| Omnivore | plant and meat eater |
| Biodiversity | the variety of life in the world or in an ecosystem |
| Invasive Species | Organisms that invade an area and multiply, harming native species. |
| Conservation | the protection of things found in nature so they will be present in the future. |
| Competition | A relationship where there is a struggle between organisms for the limited resources in an ecosystem |
| Mutualism | A relationship between two organisms where they rely on and benefit from each other |
| Parasitic | A relationship between two organisms where one benefits while the other is harmed |
| Resource | anything needed to live, such as water, nutrients, light, food, or space |
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