Ecosystems

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What is a Parasite?

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An organism that must live on or inside another organism to get energy.

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What is a Predator?

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An organism that eats other organisms to live.

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What is a Secondary Consumer?

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An animal that eats an animal that ate producers.

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What are Abiotic factors?

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Non-living things in an ecosystem.

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What is a Primary Consumer?

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An animal that gets its food and energy from eating producers.

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What is a Tertiary Consumer?

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An animal that is at the top of the food chain and eats secondary consumers.

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What are Biotic factors?

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Living things in an ecosystem.

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What is a Food Chain?

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A sequence that shows how energy and nutrients flow from one organism to another.

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What is a Food Web?

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A complex network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem.

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What is a Producer?

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An organism that makes its own food, usually through photosynthesis.