any plant or plantlike organism (as a seaweed) that includes forms mostly growing in water, lacking a system of vessels for carrying fluids, and often having chlorophyll masked by brown or red coloring matter

a container (as a glass tank) in which living water animals or plants are kept

a plant, animal or person that requires complex organic compounds for food which it obtains by preying on other living things or eating particles of organic matter

any of a family of leaping insects related to the grasshoppers and having leathery forewings used by the males to produce a chirping sound

a tiny stemless plant that floats without attachment on the surface of a body of still water

system made up of an ecological community of living things interacting with their environment especially under natural conditions

any of a small genus of American herbs with leafy stems that live underwater

the whole complex of factors (as soil, climate, and living things) that influence the form and the ability to survive of a plant or animal or ecological community

a procedure or operation carried out under controlled conditions in order to discover something, to test a hypothesis, or to serve as an example

the prosess of a seed turning into a plant

any of a large order of small crustaceans (as a wood louse) with a thorax made up of seven segments of which each bears a pair of legs

the elements or substance of which something is made or can be made

a fish that feeds on insect larvae, especialy mosquitos

of, relating to, or following the usual events and happenings of nature or the physical world

to make a scientific observation of

an individual living thing that carries on the activities of life by means of organs which have separate functions but are dependent on each other : a living person, plant, or animal

a living thing (as a green plant) that makes its food from simple inorganic substances (as carbon dioxide and nitrogen) and many of which are food sources for other organisms -- compare

a transparent enclosure used for keeping and observing small animals and plants indoors

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Ecosystem

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Algae-	any plant or plantlike organism (as a seaweed) that includes forms mostly growing in water, lacking a system of vessels for carrying fluids, and often having chlorophyll masked by brown or red coloring matter
Aquarium-	a container (as a glass tank) in which living water animals or plants are kept
consumer-	a plant, animal or person that requires complex organic compounds for food which it obtains by preying on other living things or eating particles of organic matter
Cricket-	any of a family of leaping insects related to the grasshoppers and having leathery forewings used by the males to produce a chirping sound
dependence-	something on which one relies
duckweed-	a tiny stemless plant that floats without attachment on the surface of a body of still water
ecosystem-	system made up of an ecological community of living things interacting with their environment especially under natural conditions
elodea-	any of a small genus of American herbs with leafy stems that live underwater
environment-	the whole complex of factors (as soil, climate, and living things) that influence the form and the ability to survive of a plant or animal or ecological community
experiment-	a procedure or operation carried out under controlled conditions in order to discover something, to test a hypothesis, or to serve as an example
germination-	the prosess of a seed turning into a plant
isopod-	any of a large order of small crustaceans (as a wood louse) with a thorax made up of seven segments of which each bears a pair of legs
material-	the elements or substance of which something is made or can be made
moquito fish-	a fish that feeds on insect larvae, especialy mosquitos
natural-	of, relating to, or following the usual events and happenings of nature or the physical world
observe-	to make a scientific observation of
organism-	an individual living thing that carries on the activities of life by means of organs which have separate functions but are dependent on each other : a living person, plant, or animal
pollution-	the action of polluting
producer-	a living thing (as a green plant) that makes its food from simple inorganic substances (as carbon dioxide and nitrogen) and many of which are food sources for other organisms -- compare
terrarium-	a transparent enclosure used for keeping and observing small animals and plants indoors

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