Ecosystems Vocabulary

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Ecosystem

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Area where plants, animals, and other organisms work together to form life.

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Population

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More than one individual of the same species.

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Community

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Two or more populations of different species that live together.

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Biosphere

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Our biosphere is Earth - a combination of every ecosystem on the planet.

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Biome

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Organisms that occupy a certain area; examples: tundra, rainforest, forest, desert.

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Food chain

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The feeding relationships in a community which shows flow of energy.

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Producer

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An organism that makes its own nutrients and gets energy from the sunlight.

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Consumer

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An organism that gains energy by feeding on another organism.

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Trophic level

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Where an organism is on a food chain or food web.

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Food web

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A network of food chains showing the flow of energy.