Interdependency (5.9A)

The student is expected to observe the way organisms live and survive in their ecosystem by interacting with the living and nonliving elements.

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Vocabulary:

Ecosystem: A community of living and nonliving things in their natural environment

Living Element: Part of an ecosystem that requires energy to survive has basic needs that must be met

Nonliving Element: Part of an ecosystem that does not require energy to survive and does not have basic needs like food and water

Organism: A living thing

Adaptation: An inherited trait or learned behavior that helps an organism survive in its surroundings

Producer: An organism that used sunlight to make its own food for energy

Consumer: An organism that gets energy from eating other organisms

Carnivore: Animal that gets its energy by eating only other animals

Herbivore: An animal that gets its energy by eating only plants

Omnivore: Animal that gets its energy by both plants and other animals

Decomposer: An organism that gets energy from eating dead organisms, nonliving materials, or waste
 

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