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Flashcards covering key vocabulary and concepts related to ecosystems, their components, and organism interactions.
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What is an ecosystem?
A place where living and nonliving things work together.
What is a habitat?
The natural home of a plant or animal.
Define environment in ecological terms.
Everything around a living thing.
What is an organism?
Any living thing.
What does community mean in ecology?
A group of different living things in one area.
What is a population?
All of one kind of living thing in an area.
What is a producer?
A plant that makes its own food.
Define consumer.
An animal that eats plants or other animals.
What is a decomposer?
An organism that breaks down dead plants and animals.
What is an herbivore?
An animal that eats only plants.
What is a carnivore?
An animal that eats only meat.
Define omnivore.
An animal that eats both plants and animals.
Why is soil important in an ecosystem?
It is the dirt that plants grow in.
Why is water essential for living things?
All living things need water to survive.
Why is sunlight important for plants?
It is the energy source plants use to make food.
What role does air play in ecosystems?
Animals breathe it and plants use it.
What does temperature measure?
How hot or cold something is.
What is a food chain?
A diagram that shows how energy moves from one living thing to another.
Define food web.
Many interconnected food chains.
What is a predator?
An animal that hunts other animals.
What is prey?
An animal that is hunted by another animal.
What is an adaptation?
A body part or behavior that helps an animal survive.