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3.9 Ecosystems

3.9 A,B, & C

TermDefinition
Community all populations that live in the same place at the same time
Consumer an organism that eats other organisms (plants and / or animals) for food
herbivore organism that eats plants only
Omnivore organism that eats plants and animals
carnivore organism that eats meat only
Decomposer an organism that gets energy by feeding on dead materials and waste
Ecosystem all the living and nonliving components of an environment
Food Chain representation of the flow of energy from the Sun through producers to consumers and decomposers in an ecosystem
Perish to die
Population all of the organisms of the same species that live in the same place at the same time
Predator an animal that naturally preys on others
Prey an animal that is hunted and killed by another for food
Producer an organism that makes its own food (e.g., plants)
Thrive to live, grow, and reproduce successfully
biotic living organisms
abiotic nonliving things
drought unusually long period without rainfall
flood too much rain falls in an area
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