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Ecosystem Vocab
| Biotic Factor | All the living things in an ecosystem. |
| Abiotic Factor | All the nonliving things in an ecosystem. |
| Photosynthesis | A series of chemical reactions that convert light energy, water, and carbon dioxide into the food-energy molecule glucose and give off oxygen. |
| Ecosystem | All the living and nonliving things in a given area. |
| Producer | Living things that make their own food. |
| Consumer | Living things that do not make their own energy-rich food but they instead consume other organisms. |
| Detritivore | Things that get their energy by eating the remains of other organisms. |
| Food Chain | A simple model that shows how energy moves from the sun, to a producer, to one or more consumers through feeding relationships. |
| Food Web | Shows how food chains in a community are interconnected. |
| Energy Pyramid | Shows the amount of energy available in each step of a food chain. |
| Evaporation | The process during which liquid water changes into a gas called water vapor. |
| Condensation | The process during which water vapor changes into liquid water. |
| Precipitation | Water that falls from clouds to Earth's surface. |
| Nitrogen Fixation | The process that changes atmospheric nitrogen into nitrogen compounds that are usable by living things. |