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Ecosystems
Ecosystems
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4th Grade
04/27/2008

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Term
ecosystem
Definition
All the living and non-living things in an environment and how they interact.
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habitat
Definition
a place where an animal or plant lives.
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Chlorophyll
Definition
The green substance found in plants that traps energy from the sun and gives plants their green color.
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carbon dioxide
Definition
A gas found in the air. CO2
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Photosynthesis
Definition
A process by which plants change light energy from the sun and use it to make sugar.
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producers
Definition
A living thing that uses sunlight to make sugar.
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consumers
Definition
A living thing that gets energy by eating plants and other animals.
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herbivore
Definition
A consumer that eats plants.
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carnivore
Definition
A consumer that eats other consumers.
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omnivore
Definition
A consumer that eats both plants and other consumers.
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scavenger
Definition
An animal that eats dead animals.
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Decomposer
Definition
A consumer that puts materials from dead plants and animals back into the soil, air and water.
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Food chain
Definition
The flow of enrgy through a community.
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predator
Definition
An animal that hunts and kills other animals for food.
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Prey
Definition
The animals that predators hunt.
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Food web
Definition
All the food chains in a community.
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