Ecosystem Vocabulary Word Scramble
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A water ecosystem containing live plants and animals | Aquarium |
A land ecosystem containg soil, rocks, plants, and animals | Terrarium |
An area where something lives or spends part of its life | Environment |
Where populations of plans and animals live in the same area and depend on each other for survival (creat food chains) | Community |
A group of living things taht consists of two (2) or more of the same species, they live and reproduce in a specific area. | Population |
A place in the ecosystem where a specific organism lives - example - a squirrel's habitat is a tree, a pine tree's habitat is the forest | Habitat |
This is any living thing | Organism |
These type of factors where things that affect the organism in some way - type of factor that affects the organisms in an environment - example - sunlight, wind, rain, fire, sounds, other organisms, waste pollution, etc.... | Environmental |
These type of factors are non-living things that affect an organism in some way - example - temperature, rain, sounds, air, clouds | Abiotic |
These types of factors are living things affecting other living things in some way - example - one animal eating a plant or other animal, sounds animals make affecting other animals, wastes from other organisms, etc... | Biotic |
Where living things interact with each other and with the non-living factors such as weather, air, ground, and sunlight | Ecosystem |
A diagram showing an energy (food) pathway - example algae -> daphnia -> guppy | Food Chain |
An organism that eats meat - example - bobcat | Carnivore |
An organism that eats plants - example - Rabbit | Herbivore |
An organism that eats BOTH plants and animals - example - humans | Omnivore |
All animals are consumers because they have to eat to get energy - example - all animals | Consumer |
All green plants are producers because they make their own food - example - grass | Producer |
An organism in a community that causes decay or organic matter, releasing raw materials into the environment - example - bacteria and mushrooms | Decomposer |
The addition of animals or plants to a population from another area (think of "in") | Immagration |
The departure of organisms from a population (think of "exit") | Emigration |
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