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Ecosystem | A community of interacting organisms and their environment. Living things interact with each other, and also with non-living things like soil, water and air. |
Botanist | A scientist that studies plants. |
Nectar | A sweet, sugary liquid made inside flowers. Insects and hummingbirds feed on. |
Rainforest | An area densely packed with lots of different kinds of plants, tall trees and animals. Rainforests get a lot of rain (about 100 inches of rain per year). |
Invasive species | Living things not naturally found in that ecosystem. They usually cause damage or throw off the balance of the natural ecosystem. |
Living Things | Anything living such as an animal, plant, insect, bacteria, etc. |
Non-Living Things | Anything that doesn’t grow and reproduce such as rocks, soil, air or water. |
Algae | A living thing similar to a plant that is usually found growing in water. They produce their own food through photosynthesis like plants do, but algae have no leaves, stems or roots. |
Terrarium | A closed container of plants and other living things that shows you how an ecosystem works. |
Bacteria | Tiny living things that are everywhere around us. We can only see them with a very powerful microscope. They come in different shapes such as rods, spirals, and spheres. Bacteria are important in an ecosystem to break down dead and decaying matter. |
ecology | the study of relationship between an orgisam |
poductor | to make food and oxygen |
animals | they produce carbon dioxide |
biotic | are living things |
abitoic | are non living things |
abiotic | plants would be unabel to grow |
exampels | plant animals |