The nonliving things found within an ecosystem.

The living organism found within an ecosystem.

Any living thing that can act or function independently.

All the nonliving things in an environment such as soil, weather, landforms, air, and water.

A community and it's physical environment.

A place where a population lives interdependent-depending on each other for survival.

Plants that use energy from the sun to make their own food.

Animals (organisms) getting energy by eating other animals and or plants.

Eats only plants-first consumer in a food chain.

Animals that eat other animals.

An animal that eats both plants and animals.

Consumers that break down tissues of dead organisms-they return nutrients to the soil or ecosystem.

Organisms that eat things that are already dead.

A science that studies the relationship between living things and their environment.

A single organism in an environment.

Made up of individuals of the same kind of living in the same environment.

All the population of organisms living together in an environment.

Our surrounding includes living and nonliving organisms.

A role of population in it's habitat.

A scientist who studies insects life.

Shows how the consumers in an ecosystem are connected to one another by what they eat. Shows the path that the energy flows as it moves from one organism to another.

Shows the relationship between many different food chains in a single ecosystem.

Shows the amount of energy available to another in the food chain.

The process by which seeds swell up and begin to sprout and develop roots.

Process by which an organism takes in and processes oxygen and releases carbon dioxide.

Process by which green plants and blue green algae in light make food out of carbon dioxide and water.

Process by which plants and animals put water back into the environment.

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Ecosystem Vocabulary

Wrenn 5th. Grade

Question	Answer
abiotic	The nonliving things found within an ecosystem.
biotic	The living organism found within an ecosystem.
organism	Any living thing that can act or function independently.
physical environment	All the nonliving things in an environment such as soil, weather, landforms, air, and water.
ecosystem	A community and it's physical environment.
habitat	A place where a population lives interdependent-depending on each other for survival.
producers	Plants that use energy from the sun to make their own food.
consumers	Animals (organisms) getting energy by eating other animals and or plants.
herbivores	Eats only plants-first consumer in a food chain.
carnivore	Animals that eat other animals.
omnivore	An animal that eats both plants and animals.
decomposers	Consumers that break down tissues of dead organisms-they return nutrients to the soil or ecosystem.
scavengers	Organisms that eat things that are already dead.
ecology	A science that studies the relationship between living things and their environment.
terrestrial	Related to land.
isopodes	Rolly Polly or pillbugs.
aquarium	Related to water.
individual	A single organism in an environment.
population	Made up of individuals of the same kind of living in the same environment.
community	All the population of organisms living together in an environment.
environment	Our surrounding includes living and nonliving organisms.
niche	A role of population in it's habitat.
entomologist	A scientist who studies insects life.
food chain	Shows how the consumers in an ecosystem are connected to one another by what they eat. Shows the path that the energy flows as it moves from one organism to another.
food web	Shows the relationship between many different food chains in a single ecosystem.
energy pyramid	Shows the amount of energy available to another in the food chain.
germination	The process by which seeds swell up and begin to sprout and develop roots.
respiration	Process by which an organism takes in and processes oxygen and releases carbon dioxide.
photosynthesis	Process by which green plants and blue green algae in light make food out of carbon dioxide and water.
transpiration	Process by which plants and animals put water back into the environment.

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