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Hickman's Ecosystem
4th grade ecosystem vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| producer | a living thing that can make its own food |
| herbivore | a living thing that eats only vegetation |
| habitat | a place that meets an organism's needs |
| living things in an ecosystem | plants, animals, bacteria, fungi |
| system | a group of parts that work as a unit |
| climate | the average weather and temperature of a place |
| omnivore | a living thing that eats both meat and vegitation |
| carnivore | a living thing that only eats meat |
| decomposer | an organism that helps to break down another living thing |
| the 5 nonliving parts of an ecosystem | air, water, soil, temperature, sunlight |
| ecosystem | a community where living and nonliving things interact in a specific environment |
| community | a group of animals/organisms living together and interacting |
| niche | the role an organism has in its habitat |
| predator | an animal that hunts and eats other animals for food/energy |
| prey | an animal that is hunted and eaten for food/energy |