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ecosystem
johnnas ecosystem vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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ecosystem | all the living and non-living things in an area and their interactions |
habitat | a place that provides all things an organism needs to live |
population | a group of organisms of one species that live in an area at the same time |
community | the group of all populations in an area |
producer | organisms that make their own food for energy |
consumer | organisms that cannot make their own food |
decomposer | organisms that get their energy from breaking down wastes and dead organisms |
food chain | a series of steps by which energy moves from one type of living thing to another |
food web | a diagram that combines many food chains into one picture |
predator | a consumer that hunts and eats other animals |
prey | an animal that is hunted by other food |
pollution | any substance that damages the environment |
conservation | an attempt to preserve or protect an environment from harmful changes |