Ecosystems Vocabulary

All of the living and nonliving components that interact in an environment.

• population

• ecosystem

• community

• organism

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Any living thing is called a(n).................

• ecosystem

• community

• population

• organism

a living thing that eats only meat

• herbivore

• carnivore

• decomposer

• omnivore

a living thing that eats only plants

• herbivore

• carnivore

• decomposer

• omnivore

a living thing that eats both plants and animals

• herbivore

• carnivore

• decomposer

• omnivore

a living thing that uses energy from the sun to make food

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

• omnivore

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a living thing that gets energy by breaking down and absorbing dead organic matter

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

• omnivore

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a living thing that needs to eat to obtain energy

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

• omnivore

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A habitat is .....

• a home environment for plants and animals or other organisms.

• the order of events in an ecosystem, where one living organism eats another organism, and later that organism is consumed by another larger organism.

• all the living and nonliving things in an environment and how they interact.

• the flow of nutrients and energy from one organism to another

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What is a predator?

• An animal that hunts and kills other animals for food.

• An animal that is hunted.

• An animal that eats dead animals.

• A consumer that puts materials from dead animals and plants back into the soil, air, and water.