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5th Unit 10 Vocab
5th Grade - Unit 10 Vocabulary Investigating Ecosystems
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abiotic Factors | non-living elements of the environment that influence the way that organisms and ecosystems function |
| Biotic Factors | living factors in the environment ; related to, produced by, or caused by living organisms |
| Ecosystem | a community of interacting living organisms and the physical environment that they live in |
| Food Web | a representation of several overlapping food chains in an ecosystem; includes the flow of energy from the Sun through producers to consumers and decomposers through multiple pathways |
| Survive | to continue to live or exist |
| Organism | an individual living thing |
| Producer | an organism that uses energy from the Sun to make its own food |
| Consumer | an organism that cannot make its own food |
| Decomposer | an organism that breaks down dead plant and animal material |