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Chap. 3 Vocab
Vocab words for science chapter 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ecosystem | all the living and nonliving things in an area |
| habitat | a place that provides all the things an organism needs to live |
| population | a group of organisms of one species that live in an area at the same time |
| producer | an organism that makes its own food for energy |
| consumer | an organism that cannot make its own food |
| decomposer | an organism that gets its energy by breaking down wastes and dead organisms |
| predator | a consumer that hunts and eats another animal to get energy |
| prey | an organism that is eaten by another organism |
| competition | the struggle of organisms for the same limited resources |
| environment | all of the conditions surrounding an organism |
| resources | available supplies of food, water, sunlight, and space in an environment |
| conservation | an attempt to preserve or protect an environment from harmful changes |
| nonnative species | new plants and animals that people may bring into an ecosystem |
| pollution | any substance that damages the environment |