Ecosystems Vocabulary

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Which aquatic ecosystem is found where the freshwater rivers meet the ocean?

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Estuary

Front

An Animal that hunts and eats other animals

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predator

Front

An animal that eats plants AND meat

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omnivore

Front

A diagram showing the interaction of several food chains

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Food Web

Front

An animal hunted by a predator

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prey

Front

All living (biotic) and nonliving (abiotic) things that live in a certain location

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ecosystem

Front

Which list includes organisms commonly found in a deciduous forest? Deer, squirrel, mouse; Cactus, wildflowers, tortoise; Lizard, scorpion, kangaroo rat; Fish, whale, shark

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Deer, squirrel, mouse

Front

A living thing that gets its energy by eating other living things

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consumers

Front

A chain showing the flow of energy between different plants and animals in an ecosystem

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Food Chain

Front

Plant Eaters: Carnivore, Herbivore, Omnivore

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Herbivore