Ecosystem Vocabulary

Front

All the populations living in an ecosystem.

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community

Front

Plants are ______________.

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producer

Front

The role or job of a species in a community.

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niche

Front

A consumer is an organism that eats other organisms to survive.

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True

Front

What is the name for an organism that breaks down dead plants and animals?

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decomposer

Front

In an energy pyramid, producers are found on the first and largest level.

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True

Front

Which is better to show the relationships (interdependence of organisms) in an ecosystem: Food chain or Food web?

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Food web

Front

What are organisms that are so similar that they can produce offspring that can also produce offspring?

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species

Front

What is the physical location where plants and animals live?

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habitat

Front

A(n) _________ consists of all the living and non-living things that interact in an area.

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ecosystem