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Ecosystem Vocabulary
16 cards·by leopard45
ecosystem
all the living and non-living things in an area
population
a group of organisms of one species that live in an area at the same time
community
the group of all the populations in an area
niche
the job an organism has in an ecosystem
habitat
the place in an ecosystem in which an organism lives
cycle
a repeating process or flow of material through a system
consumer
an organism that eats other organisms
producer
an organism, usually a plant that makes its own food
scavenger
an animal that feeds on dead organisms, especially a carnivorous animal, Vultures, hyenas,
and wolves are scavengers
decomposer
an organism that gets nutrients by breaking down dead organisms
enviroment
all the conditions surrounding a living thing
photosynthesis
the process by which plants use light energy to make sugars
carbon dioxide
a gas produced when people or animals breath out or certain fuels are burned-CO2
ecology
the branch of biology that deals with relations of organisms
micro-organism
a microscopic organism- (example bacteria, virus, fungus)
germination
the process by which a plant grows from a seed