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Unit 7 Vocab
Unit 7 Vocab -
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| environment | all the living and nonliving things that surround and affect an organism |
| ecosystem | a community of organisms and the physical environment in which they live |
| habitat | the place where an organism lives and can find everything it needs to survive |
| population | all the organisms of the same kind that live together in an ecosystem |
| community | all the populations of organisms that live and interact in an area |
| producer | a living thing, such as a plant, that can make its own food |
| consumer | a living thing that cannot make its own food and must eat others to survive |
| photosynthesis | the process in which plants use energy from the sun to change carbon dioxide and water into sugar and oxygen |
| food chain | a series of organisms that depend on one another for food |
| decomposer | a living thing that gets energy by breaking down dead or organisms and animal wastes |
| herbivore | animals that eat only plants |
| carnivore | animals that eat only meat |
| omnivore | animals that eat both, plants and animals |
| erosion | the process of moving weathered rock from one place to another |
| flood | a large amount of water that normally covers dry land |
| drought | a long period pf time with very little rain |
| biodiversity | the variety of plants and animals that live in an ecosystem |
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