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Ecosystem vocab
ecosystem
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Biotic Factors | A living Organism |
| Abiotic Factors | A non-living Organism |
| Producers | A plant that makes its own food |
| Consumers | An Organism that eats plants or other animals |
| Decomposers | An Organism that breaks down dead cells |
| Herbivore | An Organism that only eats plants |
| Carnivore | An Organism that eats other consumers |
| Omnivore | An Organism that eats plants and consumers |
| Predator | An Organism that exists by preying on other Organisms |
| Prey | An Organism that is hunted by a predator |
| Terrestrial Ecosystem | An ecosystem on land |
| Aquatic Ecosystem | An ecosystem in water |
| Food Chains | The path of energy from one Organism to another in an ecosystem |
| Food Webs | Overlapping food chains |
| Energy Pyramid | A diagram that shows the amount of energy in a food chain |
| Compitition | Multiple Organism trying to get the same resource |
| Natural Resources | Materials in the environment that people use |
| Population | The amount of Organism living at the same place at the same time |
| Community | All different Organisms living in the same place at the same time |
| Habitat | The environment where Organisms live |
| Estuary | Where fresh water from a river goes into a ocean |
| Brackish | A little salty, a little sea water and a little river water |
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