Ecosystem Vocabulary
Published on Feb 22, 2017
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Ecosystem Vocabulary
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Biodiversity:
The different forms of life of the world, habitat, or ecosystem
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Terrain:
Physical features of a land area
Ecology:
Study of living and their surroundings
Biology:
Study of all living things
Ecosystem:
All of the living and nonliving things in an environment
Niche:
Job or activity for a plant or animal
Biome:
A big community of flora and fauna living in large habitat
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Abiotic:
All
Non-Living things in the world, like sunlight, wind, and precipitation
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Photosynthesis:
The process in which plants use water, sunlight, and CO2 to create food/energy for themselves
Organism:
A living thing that can function on its own
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Microorga-nism:
A very small form of life. Organisms that can't be seen by the naked eye
Heterotrophs:
Organism that takes its nutrition from different organic things. Can't make food on their own. Consumers.
Autotrophs:
Organisms that form nutritional organic from inorganic things. The beginning of a simple food chain. Also known as producers. Organisms that make their own food.
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Scavengers:
Animals that eat dead animals, dead plants, and waste/garbage
Decomposers:
Scavengers break down dead plants and animals.
Predator:
Animals that, by nature,
hunt other animals
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Prey:
Animals that are hunted by a different food
Omnivore:
Animals that eats plants and animals
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Carnivore:
Animals that only eat meat
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Food Chain:
The system that shows how different things depend something in order to survive. Describes how different plants and animals rely on each other for energy
Biosphere:
The parts of Earth that house living organisms. Part of the Earth where life exists.
Community:
A group of many species that are in the same location
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Population:
Groups of things that are the same species and are living in the same location
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Generalist:
Things that are able to live in multiple different environments and eat a variety of foods
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Specialist:
Things that are only able to live in a small amount of different evironments and limited food supply
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