Ecology for Kids vocabulary

Front

What are the environments that animals and plants live in?

Back

Habitats

Front

What does it mean to have an influence on something?

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Affect

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CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

Front

What do we call a group of plants or animals that are alike?

Back

Species

Front

What term describes living things such as plants or animals?

Back

Organisms

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Front

What is energy in the form of rays or waves called?

Back

Radiation

Front

What is the term for the variety of different species in an area?

Back

Biodiversity

Front

What do we call the process by which plants make their own food using sunlight?

Back

Photosynthesis

Front

What is the term for a place where an organism lives and grows?

Back

Habitat

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Front

What do we call the relationship between two different species living in close physical proximity?

Back

Symbiosis

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

Front

What is the term for the role or function of an organism in its ecosystem?

Back

Niche

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5