An organism that makes it's own food.

An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms.

Consumers that eat only plants.

Consumers that eat only animals.

Consumers that eat both plants and animals.

A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms.

Organisms that break down biotic wastes and dead organisms and return the raw materials to the ecosystems.

A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtain energy

It consists of many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem

Shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web.

The process in which molecules of liquid water absorb energy and change to a gas

The process in which gas changes to a liquid

The process in which water vapor condenses and eventually grows larger into rain, snow, sleet or hail

The process of changing free nitrogen, into a usable form of nitrogen.

A group of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms.

The average annual temperature and amount of precipitation.

An area that receives less than 25 centimeters of rain per year.

Forests with large amount of rainfall each year

The tallest layer of the rainforest which receives the most sunlight

A shaded Layer of the rainforest

An area that is populated mostly by grasses and other non-woody plants

An area that receives as much as 120 centimeters of rain per year

Trees that shed their leaves and grow new ones each year

Dense forests found in upper regions of the northern hemispheres

Trees that produce seeds or cones

the tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream.

the area that is above water at low tide and under water at high tide

the relatively shallow part of the ocean above the drop-off of the continental shelf

Where organisms live and how they got there.

Plates moving, moving the continents

The movement of organisms from one place to another.

An organism carried to a new location by humans.

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Ecosystems and Biome

Chapter 2 Science Vocab

Term	Definition
Producer	An organism that makes it's own food.
Consumer	An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms.
Herbivore	Consumers that eat only plants.
Carnivore	Consumers that eat only animals.
Omnivore	Consumers that eat both plants and animals.
Scavenger	A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms.
Decomposer	Organisms that break down biotic wastes and dead organisms and return the raw materials to the ecosystems.
Food Chain	A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtain energy
Food Web	It consists of many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
Energy Pyramid	Shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web.
Evaporation	The process in which molecules of liquid water absorb energy and change to a gas
Condensation	The process in which gas changes to a liquid
Percipitation	The process in which water vapor condenses and eventually grows larger into rain, snow, sleet or hail
Nitrogen Fixation	The process of changing free nitrogen, into a usable form of nitrogen.
Biome	A group of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms.
Climate	The average annual temperature and amount of precipitation.
Desert	An area that receives less than 25 centimeters of rain per year.
Rain Forest	Forests with large amount of rainfall each year
Emergent Layer	The tallest layer of the rainforest which receives the most sunlight
Canopy	A leafy roof
Understory	A shaded Layer of the rainforest
Grassland	An area that is populated mostly by grasses and other non-woody plants
Savanna	An area that receives as much as 120 centimeters of rain per year
Deciduous Tree	Trees that shed their leaves and grow new ones each year
Boreal Forest	Dense forests found in upper regions of the northern hemispheres
Coniferous Tree	Trees that produce seeds or cones
Tundra	Extremely cold and dry
Permafrost	Frozen Soil
Estuary	the tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream.
Intertidal Zone	the area that is above water at low tide and under water at high tide
Neritic Zone	the relatively shallow part of the ocean above the drop-off of the continental shelf
Biogeography	Where organisms live and how they got there.
Continental Drift	Plates moving, moving the continents
Dispersal	The movement of organisms from one place to another.
Exotic Species	An organism carried to a new location by humans.

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