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| population | all the animals and plants in an ecosystem: the inhabitants in an area |
| habitat | the place where an animal or plant lives and grows: a home |
| community | an ecosystem: a group of plants and animals that live in an area and depend on each other for survival |
| water habitats | animal homes that are in the water such as the ocean, streams, rivers, swamps, ponds |
| land habitats | animal homes that are on the land such as tundra, grassland, desert, rainforest, mountains |
| environments | all the soil, air, water that surround a living plant or animal |
| deciduous | trees whose leaves fall off in the autumn |
| coniferous | evergreen trees with needles |
| grasslands | flat, grassy areas with few trees ideal for herbivores like cows, buffaloes, and giraffes |
| deserts | hot or cold areas with very little precipitation |
| ocean | the largest body of water on earth: the largest ecosystem |
| producer | a living thing that makes its own food; a plant |
| consumer | a living thing that cannot make its own food |
| herbivore | an animal that eats only plants |
| carnivore | an animal that eats only meat |
| omnivore | an animal that eats plants and meat |
| predator | an animal that hunts and eats other animals |
| prey | an animal that is hunted and eaten by predators |
| decomposer | a living thing that breaks down dead plants and animals into simpler matter |
| scavenger | an animal that feeds on dead plants and animals |
| food chain | a group of living things in which the first is eaten by the second, the second is eaten by the third and so on |
| food web | several food chains together |
| extinction | to cease to live; no longer on Earth |
| survival | to continue living |
| conservation | the protecting and preserving of the earth so that plants and animals continue to live |
| endangered | when few of a species is left on Earth; the plant or animal is close to extinction |
| camouflage | blending in with your environment |
| mimicry | imitating another animal for survival |
| migrate | moving from one place to another and then back to the first place |
| storing | saving food for the winter months |
| hibernate | long, winter's sleep |
| defense | a way to protect one's self, such as claws, coloring, horns, teeth, etc. |
| learned behavior | animal behavior that is not instinct; it must be learned by the animal |
| instinct | a way animals behave that is automatic rather than learned |
