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| Ecology | The study of how organisms interact with their environment |
| Ecosystem | An environment and all the living things that are supported by it.l |
| Biotic Factors | Plants and animals |
| Abiotic Factors | Temperature, soil, light, air and water |
| Producers | make their own food. All plants |
| Consumers | Anything that eats plants or animals |
| Decomposers | Natures clean up crew. They breakdown once living things into simpler compounds |
| Food Chain | A very simple model of feeding relationships in an ecosystem |
| Food Web | A model of all the feeding relationships in an ecosystem |
| Energy Pyramid | A model that shows the amount of energy available at each level of an ecosystem |
| Biome | Large areas that have the similar climate and similar plant and amimals |
| Coniferous | Trees that are green all year long |
| Deciduous | Trees that loose their leaves |
| Estuary | an ecosystem where a river meets the sea |
