If you choose, you can make flashcards to help you remember these terms. Remember, don’t write every word down on the back of your flashcard. Just write down key terms
Ecosystems: all interacting organisms that live in an environment as well as abiotic parts
Organisms: any living thing
Micro-organisms: any organism too small to view by the naked eye
Species: a group of organisms that can successfully mate with each other
Herbivore: an animal that eats plants
Niche: both the location in which an organism lives, and the role it plays within its ecosystem
Population: a group of organisms of the same species, living together
Producer: an organism that creates its own food
Habitat: where an animal calls home
Carnivore: an animal that eats flesh
Decomposer: an organism that breaks down dead or waste materials
Consumer: an organism that cannot make its own food and must feed on plants or other animals
Biosphere: an ecosystem comprising the entire earth and living organisms and the atmosphere
Community: a group of interacting populations that live in an area Omnivore: an animal that eats both plants and animals
Food Chain: a model how food energy passes from organism to organism
Food Web: a network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem Predator: an organism that catches and eats other organisms
Prey: an organism that is caught and eaten by another organism
Photosynthesis: how plants obtain energy
Sustainability: when natural resources are being renewed as quickly as they are being used
Stewardship: the careful and responsible management of something for which you’re responsible
Greenhouse Effect: Trapping of heat around the Earth by greenhouse gasses
Endangered Species: a species that is in danger of dying out or becoming extinct
Threatened species: A species that could become endangered
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