Ecosystems
Vocab
Food Web
Vertebrate or INvertebrate
100

The largest ecosystem on earth.

What is the ocean?

100

The sorting of things according to their likeness. (ex. sorting shape tiles according to their color) 

What is classification?

100

I have bones, hair or fur and I give birth to live young.

What is a mammal?

100

I am an animal WITHOUT a backbone

What is an invertebrate?

200

A foreign species that disrupts the balance in an ecosystem.

What is an invasive species?

200

The system that scientists use to classify plants and animals.

What is taxonomy?

200

I have bones, scales, and lay eggs. I like to hang out around water but not always directly in the water.

What is a reptile?

200

I am a worm

What is an invertebrate? 

300

A community of living and non-living things that is self-sustaining.

What is an ecosystem?

300

The variety of living things that live together in an ecosystem.

What is biodiversity?

300

I have bones, feathers, and I lay eggs. Sometimes I can fly but not always.

What is a bird?

300

I DO have a backbone

What is a vertebrate? 

400

An ecosystem that some people call, "rainforests of the sea". I contain objects that looks like rocks but are actually animals. You will find crabs, stars, worms, clams, sponges, jellies, sea turtles, and lots of fish. I am a very fragile ecosystem.

What is a coral reef?

400

A foreign species that disrupts the balance in an ecosystem.

What is an invasive species?

400

I rely on a producer as a source of food.(i.e., I eat plants)

What is a consumer?

400

I am a horse

What is a vertebrate?

500

An ecosystem that contains brightly colored birds and tree frogs. This ecosystem has more species of plants and animals than anywhere else of earth. In 2.5 acres, you might find 300 species of trees and in one small area of this ecosystem, you will find more for species than all the frogs in North America.

What is rain forest?

500

An animal that eats both plants and animals.

What is an omnivore?

500

I am a living thing that makes it's own food through a process called photosynthesis.

What is producer?

500

I do not have any bones at all

What is an invertebrate?

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