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Ecosystem vocabulary
14 cards·by glorianna
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 a 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 cornivorous animal that eats dead
animals rather than or in addition to hunting live
Decomposer
an organism that gets nutrients by breaking down dead organisms
all the conditions surrounding a live thing
environment
the process by which plants use light energy to make sugars
photosynthesis
a gas produced when people or animals breathe out or certain fuels are burned -co2
carbon dioxide
the branch of biology that deals with relations of organisms
Ecology