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Trees & Forests
Grade 6 Science
Forest Ecosystem
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Ecosystem: a community of living and
non-living components in relationship
with each other and their environment.
Producers: any organism which uses
energy from the sun to produce its own
food.
Consumers: an organism which feeds
on other organisms in an ecosystem.
Decomposers: an organism which
breaks down material and litter.
The Forest Web
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A forest is an ecosystem consisting of living
organisms interacting with non-loving
organisms.
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Living things
(biotic)
Non-living things
(abiotic)
plants & algae
animals
fungus
bacteria
rocks
water
air
soil
dead organisms