Ecosystems

Define: Ecosystem

• Where organisms live

• A community of organisms and their environment, including living and non-living things

• The environment of an area

• A model showing how energy moves through a food chain

Define: Abiotic

• Living things in an ecosystem

• An organism that gets its food from other organisms

• Non Living things in an ecosystem

• An organism that get its nutrients from the sun

Define: Biotic

• An organism that gets its food from other organisms

• Non living things in an ecosystem

• An organism that gets its nutrients from sunlight

• Living things in an ecosystem

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Define: Predator

• An animal that hunts other animals

• An animal that is being hunted

• A model showing how energy moves through food

• An organism that decomposes organic material

Define: Prey

• An organism that lives in or on another organism

• An animal that is hunted by another animal for food

• A organism that uses energy from the sun to create its own food

• An organism that decomposes organic material

Define: Producer

• An organism that feeds on other organisms

• An organism that decomposes organic material

• An organism that uses energy from the sun to create its own food

• An organism that eats plants

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Define: Consumer

• An organism that feeds on other organisms

• An organism that gets its food from sunlight

• An organism that decomposes organic material

• An organism that eats plats

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Decomposer

• An organism that decomposes organic material (example: mushroom)

• An organism that gets its food from sunlight

• An organism that gets its food from other organisms

• A organism that eats meat

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Define: energy pyramid

• The cycle of how organisms feed

• The pyramid of food groups

• A model showing how energy moves through a food chain

• A model of animals from strongest to weakest

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Define: Parasite

• An organism that is being hunted

• An organism that hunts for food

• An organism that has another smaller organism living on it

• An organism that lives on or in another organism