Ecosystem Vocabulary
A living organism that eats other living organisms for energy and nutrients.
What is a consumer.
This area receives less than10 inches of rain a year.
What are deserts.
Describe the key characteristics of the ecosystem.
What is research question one.
A villain in a story.
What is antagonist.
A living organism that makes their own food.
What is a producer.
This ecosystem covers 70 percent of the worlds surface.
What are oceans.
Who are the consumers in the ecosystem? How do they obtain to survive and reproduce?
What is research question three.
The moral or lesson of the story.
What is theme.
Organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms
What is a decomposers.
Temperatures can get as low as -70 C.
What is the arctic.
Who are the decomposers in the ecosystem? What do they obtain from the ecosystem and what do they give back?
What is research question four.
Important/central message about the topic. Supports the main idea.
What is key details.
A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
What is an ecosystem.
This areas vegetation is dominated by grasses although sedge and rush can also be found in the area.
What are grasslands.
Who are the producers in the ecosystem? How do they obtain what they need to survive and reproduce?
What is research question two.
What the text is mainly about.
What is main idea.
A change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment.
What is adaptation.
This ecosystem is home to more than half of the worlds terrestrial animals.
What are rainforest.
Construct an energy pyramid describing how energy transfers from the sun to the apex predator in this ecosystem.
What is research question five.
A reference to a source.
What is a citation.