FLASHCARD: Ecosystem Interactions for Grade 5

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Ecosystem

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community of living organisms and nonliving interactions

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Biotic factors

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Living components of an ecosystem (examples plants, animals)

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Abiotic factors

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Nonliving components of an ecosystem (examples soil, sunlight, water)

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Food chain

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Flow of energy between organisms

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Food web

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more than one food chain interconnected

many food chains overlapping

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Producer

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that makes its own food (e.g., plants).

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Consumer

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that eats other organisms for energy.

Example Animals and humans

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Decomposer

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organisms that breaks down dead material for energy.

FBI

Fungi- (mushroom)

Bacteria

Invertebrates (insects and worms

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Habitat

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environment where an organism lives.

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Photosynthesis

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Process by which plants make their own food using sunlight.