An organism that can make its 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.

Break down biotic wastes and dead organisms and return the raw materials to the ecosystem.

Consists of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.

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

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

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

The process which a gas changes to a liquid.

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 in an area that determines its biome.

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

A forest with large amount of rainfall per year.

Tallest layer of the rainforest which receives the most sunlight and can reach up to 70 meters.

Underneath trees 50 meters tall from a leafy roof.

A layer of shorter trees and vines around 50 meters high

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

Receives as much as 120 centimeters of rain each year.

Tees that shed their leaves and grow new ones each year.

Dense forest found in upper regions of the Northern Hemisphere.

Trees that produce their seeds in cones and have leaves shaped like needles.

The study of where organisms live and how they got there.

As the plates move, the continents move with them in a process.

The movement of organisms from one place to another;.

A organism that is carried into a new location by people.

Found where the freshwater of a river meets the saltwater of an ocean.

Located on the shore between the high-tide line and the low-tide line.

Region of shallow water found below the low tide line and extending over the continental shelf.

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Ecosystems&Biomes

Chapter 2 Science Vocab

Term	Definition
Producer	An organism that can make its 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	Break down biotic wastes and dead organisms and return the raw materials to the ecosystem.
Food Web	Consists of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.
Food Chain	A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy.
Energy Pyrimid	Shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web.
Evaporation	The process of which molecules of liquid water absorb energy and change to gas.
Condensation	The process which a gas changes to a liquid.
Precipitation	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 in an area that determines its biome.
Desert	An area that receives less than 25% of rain per year.
Rain-Forest	A forest with large amount of rainfall per year.
Emergent Layer	Tallest layer of the rainforest which receives the most sunlight and can reach up to 70 meters.
Canopy	Underneath trees 50 meters tall from a leafy roof.
Understory	A layer of shorter trees and vines around 50 meters high
Grassland	An area that is mostly populated by grasses and other non woody plants.
Savanna	Receives as much as 120 centimeters of rain each year.
Deciduous Tree	Tees that shed their leaves and grow new ones each year.
Boreal Forest	Dense forest found in upper regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
Coniferous Tree	Trees that produce their seeds in cones and have leaves shaped like needles.
Tundra	Extremely cold and dry.
Permafrost	Frozen soil.
Biogeography	The study of where organisms live and how they got there.
Continental Drift	As the plates move, the continents move with them in a process.
Dispersal	The movement of organisms from one place to another;.
Exotic Species	A organism that is carried into a new location by people.
Esturary	Found where the freshwater of a river meets the saltwater of an ocean.
Intertidal Zone	Located on the shore between the high-tide line and the low-tide line.
Neritic Zone	Region of shallow water found below the low tide line and extending over the continental shelf.

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