Energy & Ecosystems Vocabulary

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What is a Food Web?

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A Food Web is a complex network of feeding relationships among various organisms in an ecosystem, showing how different food chains are interconnected.

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What is a Niche?

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A Niche is the role or job an organism plays in its ecosystem, including how it gets its energy and nutrients, where it lives, and how it interacts with other organisms.

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What is a Biome?

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A Biome is a large region of the world characterized by specific plants, animals, and climate conditions.

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What is Carrying Capacity?

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Carrying Capacity is the maximum number of individuals of a particular species that an environment can sustainably support.

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What is Convection?

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Convection is the heat transfer that occurs through the movement of liquids or gases, where warm air or liquid rises and cooler air or liquid sinks.

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What is a Food Chain?

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A Food Chain is a linear sequence that shows how energy and nutrients flow from one organism to another in an ecosystem.

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What is a Producer?

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A Producer is an organism, typically a plant, that can make its own food through photosynthesis, serving as a primary source of energy in an ecosystem.

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What is a Consumer?

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A Consumer is an organism that cannot produce its own food and must eat other organisms (plants or animals) to obtain energy.

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What is a Decomposer?

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A Decomposer is an organism, such as bacteria or fungi, that breaks down dead organic material, returning nutrients to the soil.

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What is an Ecosystem?

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An Ecosystem is a community of living organisms interacting with each other and their physical environment.