Ecosystems and Food Webs Vocabulary

all the living and nonliving things in an environment and how they intneract

• ecosystem
• biome
• habitat

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living things

• biome
• abiotic
• biotic

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nonliving things

• biome
• abiotic
• biotic

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a process by which plants change light energy from the sun and use it to make sugar

• photosynthesis
• food chain
• symbiosis
• food web

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a long-term relationship maintained by two different species

• photosynthesis
• food chain
• symbiosis
• food web

an organism that uses energy from the sun during photosynthesis

• producer
• decomposer
• consumer

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an organism that obtains energy by eating other living things

• producer
• decomposer
• consumer

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an organism that gets energy by breaking down dead organismns

• producer
• decomposer
• consumer

a consumer that only eats plants

• carnivore
• omnivore
• herbivore

a consumer that eats both plants and animals

• carnivore
• omnivore
• herbivore

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