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16 Cards in this Set
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ecosystem
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all the living and nonliving things in an environment and how they interact
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habitat
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a place where an animal or plant lives; water, shelter, food, and space
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chlorophyll
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the green substance found in plants that traps energy from the sun and gives plants their green color
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carbon dioxide
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a gas found in air that animals breathe out
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photosynthesis
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a process in which plants change light energy from the sun and use it to make sugar; sunlight+water+carbon dioxide=sugar + oxygen
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producer
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a living thing that uses sunlight to make sugar
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consumer
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a living thing that gets energy by eating plants and other animals
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herbivore
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a consumer that eats plants
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carnivore
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a consumer that eats other consumers
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omnivore
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a consumer that eats both plants and other consumers
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scavenger
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an animal that eats dead animals
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decomposer
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a consumer that puts materials form dead plants and animals back into the soil, air, and water
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food chain
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the flow of energy through a community
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predator
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an animals that hunts and kills other animals for food
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prey
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the animals that predators hunt
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food web
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all the food chains in a community
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