Ecosystem Vocabulary

Organisms that break down the remains of dead plants and animals are

• consumers

• scavengers

• decomposers

• producers

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Organisms that eat other organisms to gain energy are

• consumers

• producers

• decomposers

• scavengers

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Organisms that make their own food are

• predators

• scavengers

• consumers

• producers

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All of the nonliving factors in an ecosystem are

• producers

• abiotic

• biotic

• dead

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All the living factors in an ecosystem are called

• biotic

• abiotic

• producers

• predators

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Living and nonliving things in an area and their interactions make up an

• community

• population

• environment

• ecosystem

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The process in which plants use the sun's energy to make food is

• consuming

• sunbathing

• photosynthesis

• scavenging

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An animal that is being hunted by another organism for food is the

• predator

• prey

• scavenger

• consumer

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The animal that is hunting other animals for food is the

• prey

• consumer

• scavenger

• predator

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Organisms that feed on the dead or decaying leftover organisms are

• scavengers

• consumers

• producers

• decomposers

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