Ecosystems Vocabulary

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What is an ecosystem?

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All of the living and nonliving components that interact in an environment.

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What is a decomposer?

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A living thing that gets energy by breaking down and absorbing dead organic matter.

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What do we call any living thing?

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An organism.

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What is a carnivore?

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A living thing that eats only meat.

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What is a producer?

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A living thing that uses energy from the sun to make food.

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What is a consumer?

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A living thing that eats other living things for energy.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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What is a herbivore?

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A living thing that eats only plants.

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What is a population?

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A group of the same type of organisms living in the same area.

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What is a community?

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All the different populations that live together in an area.

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What is a food chain?

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

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