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Habitat

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A place where an organism lives.

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Biotic factors

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Living things

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Abiotic factors

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All non living things in an ecosystem

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Population

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Species grouping (ex. Tree, bird, plant, flower, tiger population)

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Adaptations

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A change that helps an organism fit its ecosystem

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Environment

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All non-living and living things that surround an organism

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Community

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The group of all of the populations in an ecosystem

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Species

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A level of classification that identifies the type of animal an organism is

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Niche

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A job that an organism has to do in its ecosystem

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Ecosystem

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A place where abiotic and biotic organisms interact

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Biome

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There are 6 different types of biomes. They are where people and animals live.

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Deciduous Forest

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We live in the deciduous forest. It has four seasons such as winter, spring, summer, fall. It has color changing leaves when it changes from spring and fall.

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Desert

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The desert is a biome that lacks water and animal life. It is open and does not have alot of plants.

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Grasslands

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A grassland is a biome that the main plant is grass. It has large shrubs and trees. There is not much rainfall

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Rainforest

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Rainforests are big forests that have large trees all around.It gets alot of rainfall and is very damp.

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Taiga

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The taiga is a sometimes swampy forest. The main tree is called the coniferous tree. The biome is like a regular forest but more swampy and different trees.

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Tundra

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The tundra is a cold biome. The temperatures are very low and there is not alot of plant life. It can also be known as the cold desert.

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Carnivore

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A flesh eating animal.

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Omnivore

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An animal that eats both meat and herbs

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Producer

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A producer is an organism that makes its energy from the sun

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Decomposer

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A decomposer is an organism that breaks down the dead things at the last part if the food chain

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Consumer

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A consumer is an organism that feeds on other organisms in a food chain

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Food Chain

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A series of organisms that rely on one another to survive

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Food Web

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Several food chains noisy together

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Herbivore

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A plant eating animal