Matter/Energy in Eco Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| ecosystem | all living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other |
| biodiversity | the many different types of organisms that live in an environment |
| producer | organism that makes its own food through photosynthesis |
| consumer | an organism that must eat other living things to survive |
| predator | an animal that hunts and eats other animals |
| prey | an animal that is hunted and eaten by other animals |
| food chain | a model that shows how energy flows through a set of feeding relationships |
| food web | a model that show many different feeding relationships that pass energy in a single environment |
| limiting factors | anything that controls the growth or survival of a population |
| Sun | main source of energy in all ecosystems |
| decomposers | organisms that break down dead plants or animals and return nutrients into the ecosystem |
| plant needs | water, sunlight, air (carbon dioxide) |
| animal needs | food, water, shelter, oxygen |
| energy | the ability to do work or cause change; comes from the sun, passed through ecosystems by feeding relationships |
| cycle | process that repeats |
| decomposition | to break down into simple nutrients |
| recycle | to create new materials from used materials |
| biotic | living things-plants, animals, fungi, bacteria, protists |
| abiotic | non-living things; climate, soil, rocks, temperature, precipitation |
| glucose, starch or fat | energy storage molecule |
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