Interim 2 Vocabulary Review

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What is a 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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What is genetic diversity among species?

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The range of different inherited traits among individuals of a population, leading to rich biodiversity.

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What are nonrenewable resources?

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Resources from Earth that are in limited supply and cannot be replenished within a person's lifetime.

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What is an invasive species?

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A non-native organism to the ecosystem that can cause environmental or economic harm.

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What is a producer?

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An organism that makes its own food or energy, also known as autotrophs.

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What is an ecosystem?

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A community of living organisms interacting with their environment.

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What is a food chain?

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A linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another.

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What is a food web?

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A complex network of feeding relationships among various organisms in an ecosystem.

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What is a decomposer?

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An organism that breaks down dead or decaying organisms, returning nutrients to the soil.

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What is biodiversity?

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The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.