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Ecosystems
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4th Grade
09/19/2011

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Term
ecosystem
Definition
the interactions of living and nonliving factors in an area.
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habitat
Definition
an organism's home
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population
Definition
all of one species in area, i.e. all of the rabbits in a field.
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community
Definition
all of the populations in an area
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biome
Definition
a large ecosystem with its own kind of plants, animals and soil
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producer
Definition
an organism that makes its own food through photosynthesis-most of these organisms are plants
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consumer
Definition
an organism that cannot make its own food, which eat only plants are herbivores, and those that eat only meat are carnivores, and those that eat both are omnivores
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decomposer
Definition
an organism that breaks down dead plants and animals, i.e. bacteria and fungi
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food chain
Definition
the distribution of energy from one organism to another, it always begins with the sun
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food web
Definition
shows how food chains are related in a food chain
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6 major biomes
Definition
grassland, desert, taiga, tundra, decidiuous forest, and rain forest
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biotic
Definition
living factors
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abiotic
Definition
nonliving factors
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