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6th Science - Ecology

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Definition
Habitat   a place where an organism lives that provides all of its needs  
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Carnivore   eat only MEAT  
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Omnivore   eat both PLANTS and ANIMALS  
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Producer   an organism that uses an outside energy source to make its own food - MOSS, GRASS, FLOWERS  
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Decomposer   an organism that recycles nutrients from dead organisms - FUNGI, BACTERIA  
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Predator   a consumer that CAPTURES and EATS other consumers  
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Prey   the consumer that is EATEN  
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Sunlight   main source of energy for most food chains on the planet  
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Ecologist   studies living things and their interactions in the environment  
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Scavengers   feed on the bodies of already dead organisms. VULTURES  
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Ecosystem   all of the LIVING and NON-LIVING things interacting.  
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Abiotic Factors   non-living parts of an ecosystem  
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Biotic Factors   living parts of an ecosystem  
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Niche   an organisms role in the environment  
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First Link in a Food Chain   producer  
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Herbivores   eat only PLANTS  
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Mutualism   both organisms benefit  
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Commensalism   one organism benefits the other is not helped or harmed  
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Parasitism   one organism benefits the other is harmed  
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Dominant Species   the most abundant species in an ecosystem that is well adapted to their environment  
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Insectivore   eats insects  
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Competition   occurs when organisms share the same food source, water, mates or habitat  
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Symbiosis   any close relationship between species  
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