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15 Cards in this Set
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environment
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The nonliving things that surround a living thing
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ecosystem
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All the living things and their environment within a certain area.
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population
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All the plants or animals of the same kind that live in an edcosytem.
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habitat
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The place where a population lives.
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community
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All the different living things in an ecosystem.
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producer
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An organism, such as a plant, that makes its own food. A producer gets its energy directly from the sun.
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consumers
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An organism that edepends on producers for food. A consumer cannot get energy directly form the sun.
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decomposers
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An organism that helps break down dead things and wastes.
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herbivores
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A consumer that eats only plants.
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omnivore
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A consumer that eats both plants and other consumers.
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Carnivore
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A consumer that eats other consumers instead of eating plants.
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food chain
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The transfer of eanergy through an ecosystem.
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predator
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An animal that hunts and eats other animals.
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prey
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An animal that a predator hunts.
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food web
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Several food chains linked together.
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