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Matter in Ecosystems
Matter Flow in Ecosystems 2.2 5th grade
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ecosystem | all living things in an area that interact with each other |
| bidiversity | the many different types of organisms that live in an environment |
| producer | organism that makes its own food through photosynthesis |
| consumer | an organism that must eat other living things to survive |
| predator | an animal that hunts and eats other animals |
| prey | an animal that is hunted and eaten by other animals |
| food chain | a model that shows how energy flows through a set of feeding relationships |
| food web | a model that show many different feeding relationships, that pass energy, in a single environment |
| limiting factors | any that controls the growth or survival of a population |
| sun | main source of energy in all ecosystems |
| decomposers | organisms that break down dead plants or animals and return nutrients into the ecosystem |
| plant needs | water, sunlight, air (carbon dioxide) |
| animal needs | food, water, shelter, oxygen |
| energy | the ability to do work or cause change; comes from the sun, passed through ecosystems by feeding relationships |
| environment | all the living and non-living things that surround an organism |
| organisms | any individual living thing; plant, animal, protist, bacteria, fungi |
| nutrients | a substance such as a fat, a protein, or a carbohydrate that a living thing needs to survive |
| cycle | process that repeats |
| decomposition | to break down into simple nutrients |
| recycle | to create new materials from used materials |
| biotic | living things-plants, animals, fungi, bacteria, protists |
| abiotic | non-living things; climate, soil, rocks, temperature, precipitation |