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Ecosystems Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| All the living and non-living things that interact with each other in an environment | Ecosystem |
| All the living things that belong to the same group and live in the same area | Population |
| Any living thing, plant, animal, fungus, bacteria, etc. | Organism |
| Organisms that grow, change, produce waste, reproduce and die, such as plants and animals | Biotic/Living |
| Things that DO NOT grow, change and reproduce, such as rocks, water, soil, minerals, air and sunlight (SWARMS) | Abiotic/Nonliving |
| The transfer of energy through a food chain or web, beginning with the producer | Flow of energy |
| The path of food energy from one organism to another in an ecosystem | Food chain |
| An organism that uses sunlight to make its own food for energy | Producer |
| An organism that gets energy by eating dead organisms | Decomposer |
| An organism that hunts and feeds on other organisms | Predator |
| An organism hunted and caught for food | Prey |
| To continue to live in spite of danger | Survive |
| Behavior in, near or with something | Interaction |