Ecosystems

Population

• species that enter new ecosystems and multiply, harming native species and their habitats
• a group of organisms of the same species populating a given area
• A consumer that eats only plants.
• A relationship between two species in which both species benefit

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Community

• A relationship between two organisms of different species where one benefits and the other is harmed
• species that enter new ecosystems and multiply, harming native species and their habitats
• Plants use the sun's energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into food
• All the different populations that live together in an area

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Herbivore

• Plants use the sun's energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into food
• A consumer that eats only plants.
• a group of organisms of the same species populating a given area
• An organism that can make its own food.

Omnivore

• An animal that eats both plants and animals
• A community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains
• Describes living factors in the environment.
• Animal hunted or caught for food

Carnivore

• A consumer that eats only animals.
• Place where an organism lives
• An animal that eats both plants and animals
• A relationship between two organisms of different species where one benefits and the other is harmed

Producer

• A community of organisms and their abiotic environment
• A consumer that eats only animals.
• An organism that can make its own food.
• An organism's particular role in an ecosystem, or how it makes its living.

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Consumer

• A community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains
• An animal that eats both plants and animals
• Animal hunted or caught for food
• An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms

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Decomposer

• A series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten
• Describes living factors in the environment.
• A relationship between two organisms of different species where one benefits and the other is harmed
• an organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that decomposes organic material.

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invasive species

• Describes living factors in the environment.
• A relationship between two organisms of different species where one benefits and the other is harmed
• species that enter new ecosystems and multiply, harming native species and their habitats
• A community of organisms and their abiotic environment

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food web

• an organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that decomposes organic material.
• A community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains
• An organism that can make its own food.
• species that enter new ecosystems and multiply, harming native species and their habitats

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