Ecosystem Vocabulary
Ecosystem Facts
Ecosystem Research
Questions
Literature Terms
100

A living organism that eats other living organisms for energy and nutrients. 

What is a consumer. 

100

This area receives less than10 inches of rain a year. 

What are deserts. 

100

Describe the key characteristics of the ecosystem.

What is research question one.

100

A villain in a story.

What is antagonist. 

200

A living organism that makes their own food. 

What is a producer. 

200

This ecosystem covers 70 percent of the worlds surface. 

What are oceans. 

200

Who are the consumers in the ecosystem? How do they obtain to survive and reproduce? 

What is research question three. 

200

The moral or lesson of the story. 

What is theme.

300

Organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms

What is a decomposers. 

300

Temperatures can get as low as -70 C.

What is the arctic. 

300

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.

300

Important/central message about the topic. Supports the main idea. 

What is key details.

400

A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

What is an ecosystem. 

400

This areas vegetation is dominated by grasses although sedge and rush can also be found in the area. 

What are grasslands. 

400

Who are the producers in the ecosystem? How do they obtain what they need to survive and reproduce?

What is research question two.

400

What the text is mainly about.

What is main idea.

500

A change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment.

What is adaptation. 

500

This ecosystem is home to more than half of the worlds terrestrial animals.

What are rainforest. 

500

Construct an energy pyramid describing how energy transfers from the sun to the apex predator in this ecosystem. 

What is research question five.

500

A reference to a source. 

What is a citation.