Ecosystems Vocab

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Communities of organisms & their interactions with each other & with the nonliving parts of the environment.

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Ecosystems

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Made of only one type of organism; snails would be an xample of a population living in an area: different populations interact in a variety of ways

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Populations

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A way that the animals, plants, and non-living resources (water, sunlight, oxygen, minerals, soil interact w/each other).

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Communities

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An organism's environment that provides food, water, shelter & space.

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Habitat

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The role (function) the animal or plant plays in its community (where it gets its food, where it lives, its position in the food chain, its period of activity)

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Niche

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Changes in what organisms do (their responses) due to change in the environment.

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Behavioral Adaptations

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Changes in the physical parts of an organish; camouflage

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Structuual Adaptations

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All of the potential feeding interactions between a group of plants & animals

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Food Web

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The repeating process of birth, growth & death

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Life Cycle

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Organisms that make their own food (plants)

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Producer

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Organisms that must use the food that producers make or eat other organisms

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Consumer

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Organisms that break down waste & the remains of other organisms.

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Decomposer

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Steps in which organisms get the food they need to survive.

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Food Chain