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Ecosystems

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Producer A organism that can makes it’s own food
Consumer A organism that cannot make its own food
Decomposed Breaks down biotic wastes and dead organisms
Food chain A organism eats another and obtains nutrients
Food web Contains overlapping food chains
Energy pyramid Shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another
Photosynthesis A set of chemical reactions plants use to turn light water and nutrients into oxygen
Chlorophyll A green pigment that absorbs light
Heterotroph An organism that has to get its food from a source
Autotroph Can makes its own food
Organisms A living thing
Resources Things from its environment that help a organism grow, reproduce, and live.
Habitat An environment that provides the things a specific organism needs.
Biotic factors The parts of a habitat that are or were once alive in
Abiotic factors Non living parts of an organisms habitat
Population All the members of one species living in a particular area
Community All different populations that live together
Ecosystem The community of organisms that live in certain areas along with non living things
Density The number of individuals in a area of a specific size
Omnivore Eats meat and plants
Carnivore Eats meat
Herbivore Eats plants
Carrying capacity The largest population that An area can support
Law of conservation of mass A matter that is neither created nor destroyed
Law of conservation of energy One form of energy is transformed to another.
Evaporation Liquid water turns into gas
Condensation Gas changing into a liquid
Precipitation Condescending water vapor collects as clouds but as the drops continue to grow larger they are.
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