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LS Invstig. 1

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producer   organisms that make food from energy from the sun, carbon dioxide, and water  
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consumer   organisms that eat other organisms for energy  
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decomposer   organisms that eat dead plants and animals and breaks down material into simple chemicals  
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ecosystem   a community of organisms living together and interacting with the nonliving environment  
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system   any collection of interacting parts that work together to make a whole or produce or perform a function  
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subsystem   a system that is inside or part of a larger system  
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carnivore   animals that eat only other animals  
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hervivore   animals that eat only plants  
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ominvore   animals that eat plants and other animals  
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experiment   an investigation designed to find out how variables affect the outcome  
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subsystem   a system that is part of a larger system  
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food chain   describes the feeding relationships between a series of organisms  
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food web   describes all of the feeding interactions in an ecosystem  
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grinder decomposer   reduce organic matter to very small particles  
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finisher decomposer   use organic matter for food leaving behind only nutrients  
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biosphere   all the plants, animals, and other living things in the water, on the land, and in the air- a subsystem of Earth  
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geosphere   rocks, minerals, and landforms of the subsystem of Earth  
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atmoshpere   gases surrounding Earth - a subsystem of Earth  
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hydrosphere   water on Earth in the rivers, lakes, seas, groundwater, ocean and atmosphere- a subsystem of Earth  
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phytoplankton   producer that floats in a marine ecosystem  
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zooplankton   microscopic animals that eat phytoplankton  
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system   a collection of interacting parts that work together to make a whole or perform a function  
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