Amplify Science: Ecosystem Restoration Vocab

Front

What is something scientists make to answer questions about the real world?

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Model

Front

What is a diagram that shows what eats what in an ecosystem?

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Food web

Front

What do we call an organism that breaks down droppings or dead organisms?

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Decomposer

Front

What is the ability to make things move or change?

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Energy

Front

What is something taken in by plants and animals that helps them grow?

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Nutrient

Front

What is the process by which plants make their own food using sunlight?

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Photosynthesis

Front

What do we call the living parts of an ecosystem?

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Biotic factors

Front

What do we call the non-living parts of an ecosystem?

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Abiotic factors

Front

What is a group of organisms of the same species living in the same area?

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Population

Front

What is the role of a producer in an ecosystem?

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To create energy through photosynthesis.