Ecosystems

Question 1

Ecosystems

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A place where living and nonliving things interact

Question 2

Community

Answer 2

A place where organisms live together in an ecosystem

Question 3

Niche

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The roll that each organism plays

Question 4

Biotic

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Living things in an ecosystem

Question 5

Abiotic

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Nonliving things in an ecosystems

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Population

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A group of organisms of one species that live in an area at the same time

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Environment

Answer 7

All the conditions surrounding a living thing

Question 8

Species

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The lowest level of classification

Question 9

Adaptations

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A change in an organism to better fit an ecosystem

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Habitat

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The place in an ecosystem in which an organism lives

Question 11

Producers

Answer 11

An organism that is either a green or bacterium which is the first level of the food chain

Question 12

Consumers

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A organism that feeds on other organisms in the food chain

Question 13

decomposers

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An organism that decomposes organic material

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Biomes

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A large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat

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Deciduous forest

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A forest that is dominated by trees that lose there leaves every year

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Desert

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An ecosystem that is formed due to the low rainfall it receives each year

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Taiga

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A boreal forest

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Tundra

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A type of biome where tree growth is hindered by low temperatures

Question 19

Tropical Rainforest

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A wet forest. It has a lot of plants and animals

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Grassland

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A large open area full of grass

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Producers

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Organisms that use the sun’s energy to make their own food

Question 22

Consumers

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Organisms that get energy from eating producers or other consumers

Question 23

Decomposers

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Organisms that consume dead plants and animals

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Carnivore

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Animals that eat only meat

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Herbivores

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Animals that eat only plants

Question 26

Omnivore

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Animals that eat both plants and animals

Question 27

Food web

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A system of interlocking and independent food chains

Question 28

Food chain

Answer 28

A hierarchical series of organisms