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| producers | organisms that make their own food. They get their energy from the sun. |
| consumers | Organisms that get their energy by eating other organisms. |
| herbivore | A type of consumer that eats plants. |
| carnivore | A type of consumer that eats only animals. |
| omnivore | A type of consumer that eats both plants and animals. |
| decomposers | Organisms that get their energy by breaking down once living things and their wastes. |
| predator | Animals that attack and kill their prey. |
| prey | Animals that are hunted for food. |
| scavenger | Animals that eat weak or dying animals for food. |
| food chain | Shows the simple flow of energy through an ecosystem. |
| food web | Shows the flow of energy through an ecosystem - it is made up of overlapping food chains. |
| ecosystem | All of the living and non-living things in a region and the ways they interact. |
| ecology | The study of how living things depend on one another and interact with their environment. |
| population | A group of organisms of the same species living in the same region. |
| biodiversity | The quality of having many types of organisms living in a region. |
| Example of Decomposer | Bacteria and Fungi |
| Example of a Producer | Plants |
| Example of a Herbivorous Consumer | Deer |
| Example of a Carnivorous Consumer | Owl |
| Example of an Omnivorous Consumer | Monkey |
| Reproductive Potential | The theroretical UNLIMITED growth of a population over time. |
| Biodiversity | Having a variety of species in an ecosystem "species rich" |
| What types of ecosystems have a degree of biodiversity? | Tropical rain forest and coral reefs (Both endangered) |
| Why is biodiversity good for an ecosystem? | Having a varity of species helps an ecosystem with stand or cope with environmental stresses. |
| Natural selecton | The process by which evolution changes that make organisms better suited for their environment occur. |
| Evole/evolution | To change/ or the process of change(evolution is change over many generations) |
| Adaptation | characteristics or traits of organisms that benifet them in their enviroment(EX.:owls night vision) |
