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Ecology
Environment Words to Know
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4th Grade
12/14/2013

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Term
Environment
Definition
all the physical surroudings on Earth- everything living and non-living
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Ecology
Definition
the study of the ways in which organisims interact with the environment
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Habitat
Definition
an area where a plant or animal lives
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Food Chain
Definition
series of plants and animlas that are linked together becasue they feed on each other
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Producer
Definition
a plant that makes its own food
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Consumer
Definition
an animal that eats food, they cannot make their own food
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Decomposer
Definition
Eats dead plants and animals
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herbivore
Definition
only eats plants
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carnivore
Definition
only eats meat
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omnivore
Definition
eats both meats and plants
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pollution
Definition
when the environment is contaminated ot dirtied by waste, chemicals and other harmful substances
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conservation
Definition
being responsible to perserve natural ecosystems
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recycle
Definition
treat materials that have been used or thrown away in order to use them again
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restoration
Definition
an attempt to repair and perserve something that was already ruined
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biotic
Definition
casued by living organisms
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abiotic
Definition
not living, not produced by organisms
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