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Earth Science Lessons 1-4
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4th Grade
02/10/2009

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Environment
Definition
All of the living and nonliving things in an ecosystem
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Ecosystem
Definition
A community and its physical environment
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Population
Definition
All of the individuals of the same kind living in the same ecosystem
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Community
Definition
All the populations of organisms living together in an environment
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Producer
Definition
A living thing such as a plant that makes its own food
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Consumer
Definition
living thing that can’t make its own food and must eat other living things
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Herbivore
Definition
a living thing that eats only plants, or producers
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Carnivore
Definition
An animal that eats only other animals
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Omnivore
Definition
An animal that eats plants and other animals
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Decomposer
Definition
A living thing that feeds on the wastes of other animals
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Habitat
Definition
An environment that meets the needs of an organism
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Niche
Definition
The role of an organism in its habitat
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Food Chain
Definition
A series of organisms that depend on one another for food
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Prey
Definition
Consumers that are eaten by predators
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Predator
Definition
A consumer that eats prey
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Food Web
Definition
A group of food chains that overlap
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Energy Pyramid
Definition
A diagram showing how much energy is passed from one organism to the next in the food chain
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Biotic
Definition
describes a living part of an ecosystem
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Abiotic
Definition
Describes a nonliving part of an ecosystem
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