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Ecosystem
5th grade Ecosystem
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Environment | A place where all living and nonliving things that surround and affect an organism. |
| Biotic | Living things |
| Abiotic | Nonliving things |
| Ecosystem | Organisms living in a place together with their environment. (Note - an ecosystem can be huge, like a desert, or small, like a mud puddle.) |
| Population | A group of organisms of the same species in an ecosystem. |
| Community | Consists of all the populations that live and interact in an area. |
| Habitat | A living organism's home. Where the organism lives inside of an ecosystem. |