Living/Nonliving
Any living thing
an organism
The smallest part of an ecosystem
individual organism
The number of climate zones
three
desert
Plants use this process to make food
Name a nonliving thing
rock, dirt, water, air
Describe a population
A group of the same organisms that interact with each other
Located at the north and south poles
polar zone
Biome located at the north pole
tundra
Makes its own energy
producer
Name a living thing
any plant, bug, animal
A group of different organisms that interact with each other
We live in this zone
temperate
Biome with water
marine, ocean, or coral reef
Has to consume energy
consumer
Name a rule for a living thing
reproduce
grow and change
need energy
respond to environment
Describe an ecosystem
community of organisms interacting with each other and their nonliving parts of the environment
Zone closest to the equator
What is growing quickly, growing tall, needing a lot of water, being poisonous, etc.
Biomes contain multiple of these
ecosytems
Breaks down dead organisms or waste
decomposer
Scientist who studies living things
biologist
Example: A small pond
An example of an ecosystem
The polar zone has this kind of climate
very cold
The size of biomes
big
The food chain definition
order of how living things get energy from another living thing