Ecosystems

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What is a population?

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A population is all the members of one kind of plant or animal in a community.

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What do the arrows in a food web diagram represent?

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The arrows show the flow of energy.

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What is a producer?

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A producer is an organism that makes its own food.

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What makes up an ecosystem?

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An ecosystem is made up of all the living and nonliving things in an area.

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What is a community in an ecosystem?

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A community is all the living things in an ecosystem.

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What is an environment?

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An environment includes all the living and nonliving things that affect an organism.

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What is a consumer?

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A consumer is an organism that eats other organisms for food.

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What is a food chain?

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A food chain is a series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food.

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What is a predator?

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A predator is an animal that hunts and eats other animals.

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What is prey?

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Prey is an animal that is hunted and eaten by predators.