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DECOMPOSERS

Break down waste and remains of other organisms
What is mimicry?


An adaptation that allows an animal to protect itself by looking like a plant or another animal.
What are the 3 choices a living thing has when their environment changes?


1. Adapt


2. Migrate (leave)


3. Die

Food Web


Shows how food chains are connected to other food chains within an ecosystem

Organism

A form of life; a type of living thing

Omnivore
Uses food that producers make or they eat other organisms

What travels through the food chain?

Energy travels through the food chain, starting with the sun.

What are examples of PRIMARY CONSUMERS?


1. Bugs


2. Caterpillars


3. Bees

What are the 3 types of CONSUMERS?


1. Carnivores -- eat meat only


2. Herbivores -- eat plants only


3. Omnivores -- eat meat and plants

What is PREY?

An animal that is hunted for food by another animal.

What are examples of PRODUCERS?


1. Trees


2. Plants


3. Flowers


4. Grass

What is EXTINCTION?

When the last member of a species dies (Ex., dinosaurs).
FOOD CHAIN

The steps in which organisms get the food they need to live

How does camouflage help a living creature?

A physical appearance of an animal that allows it to blend in with its surroundings (Ex., chameleon)

What are examples of DECOMPOSERS?


1. Worms


2. Bacteria


3. Mushrooms


4. Fungus
POPULATION

Only one type of organism (living thing) from a specific community
HABITAT

Where an organism lives -- an organism's home

PRODUCERS
Organisms that make food -- use sunlight to make food

SCARCITY

When there is not much of one organism or object

ROLE

A part played by something -- what one does for an entire system

ECOSYSTEM

Places that include both living and nonliving things and how they interact and depend on each other

What is a PREDATOR?

An animal that hunts other animals for food.

CONSUMER
They eat the primary consumer or other consumer
COMMUNITY

The living part of an ecosystem -- plants and animals