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Prairie Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem Virtual Lab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abiotic factor | A non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment. |
| Biotic factor | A living organism that shapes its environment. |
| Carnivore | An organism that eats only animals. |
| Consumer | A creature that feeds on organic matter because it cannot produce it. |
| Ecosystem | A community of living things along with their natural environment. |
| Equilibrium | A state of balance and stability. |
| Extinct | No longer in existence. |
| Food Chain | A sequence of organisms in which each organism feeds on the one below. |
| Herbivore | An animal that eats plants. |
| Organism | A living thing. |
| Population | All the organisms of a certain kind in a particular place. |
| Prairie | A region of flat or gently hilly land that is dominated by grasses and has few or no trees. |
| Producer | An organism that can convert simple inorganic matter (such as water and carbon dioxide) into organic matter (like sugar and protein). |