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Schrift - wk 5.1 Ecosystems

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ecosystem   all the living and nonliving things that interact with one another  
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population   all the members of the same type of oraganism living in an ecosystem  
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Organism   A living thing  
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Species   A single kind of organism, one type of plant or animal such as dandelions or cows  
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community   a group of living things of different species found in an ecosystem  
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habitat   the natural environment that meets all the need of an organism where it lives  
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niche   role or job of an organism in its habitat  
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carnivore   meat eater  
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producers   organism that makes its own food from raw materials and energy (plants)  
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omnivores   plant and meat eaters  
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decomposers   breaks down dead plants and animals into useful things like nutrients and minerals that enrich the soil  
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scavengers   animals that eat the remains of dead animals  
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predators   animal that hunts and eats other animals  
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herbivore   plant eaters  
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consumers   organism that gets energy by eating food (plants or other animals), not producing its own food  
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food web   description of all the food chains in an ecosystem  
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food chain   The movement or flow of energy from one organism to another in an ecosystem  
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