Ecosystem Maintenance Vocabulary

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habitat

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the location where an organism or population lives

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biome

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areas of the planet with a similar climate and landscape, where similar animals and plants live

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ecosystem

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a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment

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invasive species

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a living thing that is introduced to a new environment and typically causes damage to their new ecosystem

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adaptation

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slight change of an organism or its parts that makes it more fit for existence under the conditions of its environment

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predation

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an interaction in which one organism, the predator, eats all or part of the body of another organism, the prey

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biodiversity

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all the different kinds of life you'll find in one area

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producer

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an organism that creates its own food or energy

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consumer

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an organism that cannot produce its own food and must eat other plants and/or animals to get energy

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deforestation

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the act of cutting down or clearing forests, usually by humans