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Week 25 3/15
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abiotic | A non-living element of an ecosystem |
| Biotic | A living element of an ecosystem |
| Ecosystem | When living and nonliving element interact together it forms this |
| Change | To make different |
| Impact | Direct effect or change |
| Organism | Any living thing |
| Producer | An organism that creates its own food using sunlight through the process of photosynthesis |
| Consumer | An organism that gets its energy from eating other organisms |
| 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 |
| Prey | An organism that is hunted and eaten |
| Predator | An organism that hunts and kills other organisms for food |
| Parasite | An organism that must live on or inside another organism in order to get its energy |
| Host | The organism that a parasite lives on or inside |
| Food Chain | Shows the flow of energy from one organism to another |
| Food Web | Many food chains put together that shows the flow of energy from one organism to another |
| Herbivore | An animal that only eats vegetation |
| Carnivore | An animal that only eats meat |
| Omnivore | An animal that eats meat and vegetation |
| Role | The part an organism plays within its environment (its position or duty) |