Ecosystem Vocabulary

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Ecosystem

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A community of living and non-living things that interact in an environment.

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Biotic

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The living parts of an ecosystem (e.g., plants, animals, fungi, bacteria).

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Abiotic

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The non-living parts of an ecosystem (e.g., sunlight, water, soil, temperature).

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Producer

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A living thing, like a plant, that makes its own food from sunlight through photosynthesis.

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Consumer

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An organism that gets its energy by eating other organisms.

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Herbivore

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A consumer that eats only plants.

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Carnivore

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A consumer that eats only other animals.

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Omnivore

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A consumer that eats both plants and animals.

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Decomposer

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An organism that breaks down dead plants and animals and returns nutrients to the soil.

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Food Chain

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A sequence that shows how energy is passed from one organism to another.