Ecosystems: VOCABULARY Words to Know!

A community of organisms & their environment, containing biotic & abiotic factors

• biotic factor

• abiotic factor

• energy pyramid

• ecosystem

Living things that make u an ecosystem.

Examples: Plants, animals, & bacteria

• consumer

• producer

• biotic factor

• abiotic factor

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Non-living things that help sustain life in an ecosystem.

Examples: air, temperature, rocks

• Topsoil

• Abiotic Factor

• Biotic Factor

• niche

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An organism that gets its energy by feeding on producers or animals that eat producers.

• producer

• consumer

• predator

• host

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An organism that uses energy from the sun to create its own food (green plants using photosynthesis)

• producer

• consumer

• host

• decomposer

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An organism (fungus or bacteria) that decomposes organic material.

• consumer

• producer

• decomposer

• parasite

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A model showing how energy moves through a food chain.

• energy pyramid

• population

• habitat

• community

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An animal that naturally preys on others

• humus

• parasite

• consumer

• predator

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An animal that is hunted by another for food.

• predator

• host

• prey

• parasite

An organism that lives in or on another organism and derives nutrients from it.

• host

• parasite

• niche

• consumer