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Ecosystems
5.L.2 Understand the interdependence of plants and animals with their ecosystem.
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5th Grade
07/31/2016

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ecosystem
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All the living and nonliving things in an area and their interactions.
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community
Definition
Different populations in a certain area.
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population
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A group of organisms of one species that live in an area at the same time.
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food chain
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A series of steps by which energy moves from one type of living thing to another.
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habitat
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A place that provides all things an organism needs to live. These things include food, water, and shelter.
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food web
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A diagram that combines many food chains and shows all of the relationships for an entire ecosystem.
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organism
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An individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.
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producer
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Plants and some other organisms that make their own food for energy.
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consumer
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Organisms that can't make their own food, but get their energy from producers or other consumers.
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decomposer
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Organisms that get their energy by breaking down wastes and dead organisms.
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predator
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An animal that hunts and eats other animals for energy.
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prey
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An animal that is hunted by another animal for food.
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symbiosis
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A long-term relationship between two different organisms.
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parasitism
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A relationship between two organisms where one organism benefits from the other by causing harm to it.
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mutualism
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A relationship between two organisms that are interdependent, meaning each receives benefits from the other.
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commensalism
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A relationship between two organisms when one receives benefits from the other without hurting or harming it.
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scavenger
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Animals that eat dead organisms.
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abiotic
Definition
Non-living organisms
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biotic
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Living organisms
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biome
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Large ecosystems with the same climate and organisms.
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photosynthesis
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The process by which plants and other organisms convert light energy into chemical energy.
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niche
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A role in an ecosystem which includes what type of food the organisms takes in, how it gets its food, and which of the other species use the organisms as food.
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omnivore
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Consumers that eat both animals and plants.
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carnivore
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Consumers that only eat other animals.
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herbivore
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Consumers that only eat plants.
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aquatic ecosystem
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A type of ecosystem that can be found in a body of water.
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terrestrial ecosystem
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A type of ecosystem that can be found on land.
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