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Ecosystems - Weston
standard vocabulary for ecosystem
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6th Grade
08/23/2009

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Term
ecosystem
Definition
community of plants and animals in an area
Term
abiotic
Definition

nonliving things in an ecosystem

light, water, air, soil

Term
biotic
Definition
living things in an ecosystem
Term
consumers
Definition
living things in an ecosystem that eat other living things for energy
Term
producers
Definition

living things in an ecosystem that make food:

plants

Term
herbivores
Definition
consumers that eat only plants
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carnivores
Definition
consumers that eat only animals
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omnivores
Definition
consumers that eat plants and animals
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decomposers
Definition

tiny living things that get energy

by eating dead plants and animals

Term
food chain
Definition
movement of energy as food through an ecosystem
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