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Ecosystems
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Areas in water where there is very little oxygen, so most plants and animals cannot survive. | Dead Zones |
| Harmful substances added to the environment that damage air, water, or land. | Pollution |
| Anything that has mass and takes up space. | Matter |
| All the living and nonliving things in an area and how they interact. | Ecosystem |
| All the same kind of organism living in one area. | Population |
| All the different populations living together in an area. | Community |
| A living thing, such as a plant or animal. | Organism |
| Animals that eat other animals. | Carnivores |
| A living thing, usually a plant, that makes its own food using sunlight. | Producer |
| A species that is not native to an area and causes harm to the ecosystem. | Invasive Species |
| A group of connected food chains showing how organisms get energy. | Food Web |
| A single path showing how energy moves from one organism to another. | Food Chain |
| An organism that gets energy by eating other organisms. | Consumer |
| An organism that breaks down dead plants and animals and returns nutrients to the soil. | Decomposer |
| The way energy moves from one organism to another in an ecosystem, starting with producers and moving to consumers as they eat. | Energy Flow |