Vocabulary - Ecosystems

carnivore

• an animal that eats meat

• an animal that eats plants

• a plant

• an ecosystem

herbivore

• an animal that eats meat

• an animal that eats plants

• a plant

• an ecosystem

diversity

• all different kinds

• all the same

• a kind of animal

• a desert biome

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autotroph

• a plant

• an animal

• a desert

• some food

precipitation

• rain

• soil

• plant

• meat

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drought

• a lot of rain

• a long time with no rain

• lots of plants and animals

• an animal that eats meat

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fertilizer

• nutrients for plants

• an animal that lives in the rainforest

• a kind of plant

• an animal that has fur

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deciduous forest

• very dry; no rain

• has no trees at all

• has trees with leaves that change color

• has only animals that eat meat

tundra

• permafrost; no trees; very cold

• very warm; lots of rain

• very dry; lots of trees

• lots of vegetation

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graze

• when animals eat grass

• when animals move to another location

• when an animal digs a hole in the ground

• when an animal flies away

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