Ecosystems

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What is a predator?

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A consumer that hunts and eats another animal.

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How do ecosystems change?

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Environments can change slowly over time or very quickly due to natural processes, animals, and people.

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What is a producer?

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An organism that makes its own food for energy.

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How do humans impact ecosystems?

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Humans can impact ecosystems through various activities, but simply looking out the window or talking about the weather does not affect them.

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What is a food web?

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A diagram that combines many food chains into one picture.

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What is an ecosystem?

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A community of living organisms interacting with their environment.

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What is a consumer?

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An organism that obtains energy by eating other organisms.

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What is a decomposer?

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An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms to recycle nutrients back into the ecosystem.

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What is biodiversity?

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The variety of different species of plants, animals, and microorganisms in an ecosystem.

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What is a habitat?

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The natural environment where an organism lives and grows.