The ability to do work or cause change; necessary for living things to grow and function.

A community of living things and their environment where energy and matter move and interact.

Anything that has mass and takes up space; includes all substances that make up living and nonliving things.

Added to the soil from decomposers that plants absorb through their roots.

A gas essential for animals and plants; produced by plants during photosynthesis.

A gas that plants breathe in to make food during photosynthesis.

The process by which plants use sunlight to produce food.

Organisms that break down waste and dead material, returning nutrients to the environment.

A system that combines raising fish (aquaculture) with growing plants without soil (hydroponics).

A system that does not allow the entry or exit of matter or energy from outside.

A series of events that repeat in a predictable pattern. In ecosystems, cycles often refer to processes like the water cycle, carbon cycle, and nutrient cycle.

The physical substance that makes up all living and non-living things. Matter is composed of atoms and molecules.

Simple plants that live in water that produce oxygen.

The layer of gases surrounding the Earth, which is essential for life. It provides oxygen for breathing and carbon dioxide for photosynthesis.

Organisms, like plants, that make their own food, usually through photosynthesis.

Something that is made as a result of a process.

To carry or move to something else or somewhere else.

Also called a herbivore. An organism that eats producers (plants) for energy and matter.

Also called a carnivore or omnivore. An organism that eats primary consumers for energy and matter.

A flow chart that shows the process of how energy and matter flows through an ecosystem.

Energy isn’t created or destroyed. It simply cycles back and forth through an Ecosystem.

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Ecosystems Vocab

Term	Definition
Energy	The ability to do work or cause change; necessary for living things to grow and function.
Ecosystem	A community of living things and their environment where energy and matter move and interact.
Matter	Anything that has mass and takes up space; includes all substances that make up living and nonliving things.
nutrients	Added to the soil from decomposers that plants absorb through their roots.
oxygen	A gas essential for animals and plants; produced by plants during photosynthesis.
Carbon Dioxide	A gas that plants breathe in to make food during photosynthesis.
Photosynthesis	The process by which plants use sunlight to produce food.
Decomposer	Organisms that break down waste and dead material, returning nutrients to the environment.
Aquaponics	A system that combines raising fish (aquaculture) with growing plants without soil (hydroponics).
Closed System	A system that does not allow the entry or exit of matter or energy from outside.
cycle	A series of events that repeat in a predictable pattern. In ecosystems, cycles often refer to processes like the water cycle, carbon cycle, and nutrient cycle.
matter	The physical substance that makes up all living and non-living things. Matter is composed of atoms and molecules.
organism	A living thing.
algae	Simple plants that live in water that produce oxygen.
atmosphere	The layer of gases surrounding the Earth, which is essential for life. It provides oxygen for breathing and carbon dioxide for photosynthesis.
producer	Organisms, like plants, that make their own food, usually through photosynthesis.
product	Something that is made as a result of a process.
transport	To carry or move to something else or somewhere else.
primary consumer	Also called a herbivore. An organism that eats producers (plants) for energy and matter.
secondary consumer	Also called a carnivore or omnivore. An organism that eats primary consumers for energy and matter.
food chain	A flow chart that shows the process of how energy and matter flows through an ecosystem.
conservation	Energy isn’t created or destroyed. It simply cycles back and forth through an Ecosystem.

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