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Match each of the following terms to its definition:

Biotic factors Energy pyramid Food web Extinct

Ecosystem Carnivore Decomposer Community

1. __________ - the living components of an environment

2. __________ - a consumer that gets its energy by eating only otheranimals

3. __________ - different populations of plants and animals living andinteracting with one another in a particular area

4. __________ - an organism that obtains energy by eating or absorbingnutrients found in animal waste and decaying organisms

5. __________ - the living and nonliving components of an environmentand the way they interact with each other and their environment

6. __________ - a diagram that shows the amount of energy that movesthrough feeding levels of a food web

7. __________ - a species no longer living on Earth

8. __________ - a diagram made up of many different overlapping foodchains in an ecosystem

Energy and ecosystems

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Match each of the following terms to its definition:

Biotic factors Energy pyramid Food web Extinct

Ecosystem Carnivore Decomposer Community

1. Biotic factors - the living components of an environment

2. Carnivore - a consumer that gets its energy by eating only otheranimals

3. Community - different populations of plants and animals living andinteracting with one another in a particular area

4. Decomposer - an organism that obtains energy by eating or absorbingnutrients found in animal waste and decaying organisms

5. Ecosystem - the living and nonliving components of an environment andthe way they interact with each other and their environment

6. Energy pyramid - a diagram that shows the amount of energy thatmoves through feeding levels of a food web

7. Extinct - a species no longer living on Earth

8. Food web - a diagram made up of many different overlapping foodchains in an ecosystem

Energy and ecosystems

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