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Science Ecosystem Vocabulary
16 cards·by cougar50
Ecosystem
all living things in an area
Population
a group of organisms of one species that live an an area at the same time
Community
the group of all population in one area
Niche
the job and organism has in an ecosystem
Habitat
the place in the ecosystem in which an organism live s
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 that eats dead
animals rather then or addition to eating live prey
Decomposer
an organism that gets nutrients by braking down dead organisms
Environment
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 breathe out to 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