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Ecosystems Vocabulary Words

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    Middle school ecosystem vocab
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  • What is a producer?
    A living thing that uses sun light to make food/ Un ser vivo que usa la luz del sol para hacer comida
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  • What is a consumer?
    A living thing that eats other plants or animals/ Un ser vivo que come otras plantas o animales.
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  • What is a habitat?
    Where animals and plants naturally live/ donde viven animales y plantas naturalmente
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  • What is extinction?
    An entire species of plants or animals that dies out/ Especies enteras de plantas o animales que se extinguen
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  • What is resource scarcity?
    Not enough of a resource for all organisms/ No es suficiente recurso para todos los organismos
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  • What is resource abundance?
    Having more than enough resources for organisms/ Tener recursos más que suficientes para los organismos.
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  • What is a drought?
    A long time without rain causing a water shortage/ Mucho tiempo sin lluvia provocando escasez de agua
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  • What is an invasive species?
    A new plant or animal brought to a new environment/ Una nueva planta o animal traído a un nuevo entorno.
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  • What is an organism?
    Something that is living/ Algo que está viviendo
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  • What is an ecosystem?
    A community of living and nonliving things working together/ Una comunidad de seres vivos y no vivos trabajando juntos
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  • What is deforestation?
    Removing many trees from an area/ Quitar muchos árboles de un área
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  • What is a species?
    A group of organisms that are similar enough to reproduce/ Un grupo de organismos que son lo suficientemente similares para reproducirse
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  • What is a primary consumer?
    A living thing that eats producers (plants)/ Un ser vivo que come productores (plantas)
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  • What is a secondary consumer?
    A living thing that eats the primary consumers (animals below it)/ Un ser vivo que come a los consumidores primarios (animales debajo de él)
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  • What is a decomposer?
    An organism that breaks down dead animals and plants/ Un organismo que descompone animales y plantas muertas
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  • What is an apex predator?
    A predator at the top of the food chain/ Un animal en la parte superior de la cadena alimenticia
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