Vocabulary
all the populations that live in the same area
community
a group of the same species living in the same place at the same time
population
any living thing: plant, animal, or fungus
organism
any living thing: plant, animal or fungus
organism
an organism that preys on and eats animals, hunts other animals
predator
an organism caught or hunted for food
prey
eats plants and animals
omnivore
eats only animals
carnivore
eats only plants
herbivore
a diagram that shows how several food chains connect and overlap
food web
decomposer
eats other living things for energy
consumer
living things that make their own food
producer
plants get this from the sun, then animals get it when they eat the plants
energy
plants use this process to make their own food
photosynthesis
a certain type of animal
species
things that are or have been alive
biotic
things that have never been alive
abiotic
An ecosystem can be as small as a puddle (True or False)
True
An ecosystem can be as big as an ocean (true or false)
True
shows one pathway for food energy from organism to organism
food chain
everything that surrounds and affects an animal, including living and nonliving things
environment
an animal's color or pattern that helps it blend in with its surroundings
camouflage
groups of living things and the environment they live in
ecosyste
a substance that provides nourishment for living things (vitamins, minerals, protein, etc.)
nutrient