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Living Environment

and Ecosystems

TermDefinition
Ecosystem All the living and non-living things that interact with each other in an area.
Organism Is any living thing.
Abiotic Non-living things. Ex: sunlight, air, water
Biotic Any living thing. They need food, water, the right temperature and space for their young to grow.
Producers Part of the ecosystem that capture energy in sunlight. They use this energy to produce their own food. Ex: Plants, green algae, some bacteria
Matter Everything around you that has weight and takes up space.
Photosynthesis The process of using carbon dioxide and water are used from sugar and oxygen. Takes place mostly in the leaves.
Energy Enters most ecosystems as sunlight and moves in one way. Not in a circle. Most energy is lost as heat at each stage.
Control in an experiment Is the subject in your experiment that does not receive any experimental change. It show you what "normal" looks like.
Consumer An organism that gets energy by eating other organisms.
Decomposer An organism that breaks down dead organisms and their wastes.
Fungi Are a group of living things that are neither plant nor animal.
Bacteria One group of organisms that are too small to be seen without a microscope.
Compost A mixture of soil and decaying matter that provides materials that plants need.
Food Chain A model of the path of energy through a series of organisms in an ecosystem.
Food web A model that shows many connected food chains and feeding relationships.
Predator An animal that captures and eats other animals.
Prey An animal that is captured and eaten.
Healthy Ecosystem Many kinds of living things can meet their needs of life that is stable.
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