Ecosystem Vocabulary

An organism,such as a plant, that makes its own food

• decomposer

• consumer

• producer

• niche

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An organism that BREAKS DOWN wastes and the remains of other animals

• producer

• consumer

• niche

• decomposer

When a species completely dies out of an ecosystem

• decomposer

• scavenger

• predator

• extinction

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An organism that gets its energy by eating plants or other animals

• consumer

• decomposer

• producer

• niche

The pattern that shows how food chains are related in an ecosystem

• food web

• food chain

• ecosystem

• niche

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The role or job of each organism

• prey

• niche

• herbivore

• carnivore

The ability of an organism to blend in with its environment in order to remain safe from predators

• camouflaging

• hibernation

• extinction

• predator

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An animal that hunts other animals for food

• prey

• predator

• carnivore

• omnivore

A place where living and nonliving things interact

• population

• community

• ecosystem

• nutrient cycle

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plants, animals, mushroom

• abiotic

• habitat

• biotic

• non living things

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