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3.9 Ecosystems
3.9 A,B, & C
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Community | all populations that live in the same place at the same time |
| Consumer | an organism that eats other organisms (plants and / or animals) for food |
| herbivore | organism that eats plants only |
| Omnivore | organism that eats plants and animals |
| carnivore | organism that eats meat only |
| Decomposer | an organism that gets energy by feeding on dead materials and waste |
| Ecosystem | all the living and nonliving components of an environment |
| Food Chain | representation of the flow of energy from the Sun through producers to consumers and decomposers in an ecosystem |
| Perish | to die |
| Population | all of the organisms of the same species that live in the same place at the same time |
| Predator | an animal that naturally preys on others |
| Prey | an animal that is hunted and killed by another for food |
| Producer | an organism that makes its own food (e.g., plants) |
| Thrive | to live, grow, and reproduce successfully |
| biotic | living organisms |
| abiotic | nonliving things |
| drought | unusually long period without rainfall |
| flood | too much rain falls in an area |