Ecosystems Vocabulary

An Animal that hunts and eats other animals

• prey

• organism

• predator

• omnivore

The HOME of an animal or plant

• habitat

• ecosystem

• personal space

• outside

A diagram showing the interaction of several food chains

• Food Web

• Food Chain

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An animal hunted by a predator

• consumer

• prey

• predator

• producer

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All living (biotic) and nonliving (abiotic) things that live in a certain location

• energy pyramid

• environment

• organisms

• ecosystem

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A chain showing the flow of energy between different plants and animals in an ecosystem

• Energy Pyramid

• Food Web

• Food Chain

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A living thing that makes its own food

• decomposer

• consumer

• producer

• herbivore

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Plants and animals that break down dead plants and animals

• consumers

• producers

• carnivores

• decomposers

A living thing that gets its energy by eating other living things

• consumers

• decomposers

• producers

• organism