VOCABULARY
LIVING TOGETHER
USING NATURE'S RESOURCES
NATURE'S RESOURCES (2)
WATER CYCLE
100
Path of food through a community
FOOD CHAIN
100
Place where an organism lives
HABITAT
100
An organism that makes its own food
PRODUCER
100
Name given to fuel made from dead plants and animals
FOSSIL FUELS
100
Process by which a liquid changes to a gas
EVAPORATION
200
A group of food chains that are lined together
FOOD WEB
200
A community of all living and non-living things that interact
ECOSYSTEM
200
An organism that eats other organisms
CONSUMER
200
3 types of fossil fuels we use AND their uses
COAL, NATURAL GAS, OIL
200
Process by which a gas changes to a liquid
CONDENSATION
300
Reusing a substance over and over again
RECYCLING
300
All the members of 1 species (e.g. frogs) living in the same place (e.g. pond)
POPULATION
300
An organism that breaks down and absorbs nutrients from dead matter
DECOMPOSER
300
Energy from the sun
SOLAR ENERGY
300
Rain, snow, sleet or hail
PRECIPITATION
400
A substance found in nature that is used by humans
NATURAL RESOURCE
400
Different populations (e.g. frogs, ducks, fish) living in / interacting in the same place
COMMUNITY
400
2 things that happen to small decomposed molecules
1) absorbed as food by decomposer (bacteria, fungi) 2) become part of the soil
400
2 processes involved in the recycling of oxygen
RESPIRATION, PHOTOSYNTHESIS
400
When water condenses into the sky it forms these
CLOUDS
500
Continuous movement of water between the Earth and the atmosphere
WATER CYCLE
500
This can happen to communities over time
CHANGE
500
The continuous movement of food through a community
FOOD CYCLE
500
These 2 products constantly cycle between plants and animals
OXYGEN / CARBON DIOXIDE
500
Process of trees giving off water as part of the photosynthesis process
TRANSPIRATION
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