Ecosystem Terminology

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Ecosystem

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A community of living things (plants, animals) interacting with each other and their environment.

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Habitat

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The natural home or environment where a plant or animal lives.

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Food Chain

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A series of organisms in an ecosystem where each one is eaten by the next one.

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Food Web

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A system of interconnected food chains showing how energy flows between living things in an ecosystem.

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Producer

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A plant or organism that makes its own food (usually through sunlight).

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Consumer

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An animal that eats plants or other animals.

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Decomposer

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An organism, like fungi or bacteria, that breaks down dead plants and animals, recycling nutrients back into the ecosystem.

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Population

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A group of the same type of organism living in one area.

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Community

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All the different populations of organisms living in the same area.

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Biodiversity

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The variety of different living things in an ecosystem.