Life Science Vocabulary

All of the living and nonliving thing and their interactions in an area  

• stuff
• ecosystem
• animals
• the sun

How do we characterize a thing as living?

• having a metabolism and maintain bodily functions.
• It must breathe oxygen.
• It must get its energy from other things.
• I can give it a bone and name it Fluffy.

What are organisms that have no metabolism or bodily functions.

• zombies
• ghosts
• babies
• non-living

A single living thing is called an   

• organism
• cell
• person
• rock

A characteristic that gives an organism a specific advantage in an ecosystem.

• gene
• trait
• adaptation
• behavior

A producer in an ecosystem does what?  

• Grows its own food.
• Harvests its own food.
• Makes its own food from sunlight.
• Gets its food from another organism.

Organisms that gets its energy from other living organisms but does not make its own energy is called a... 

• producer
• consumer
• decomposer
• organizer

A decomposer 

• is gross.
• is a predator.
• eats live organisms and dead organisms.
• gets its energy from dead organisms without need for digestion.

Name three types of consumers.

• cows, humans, snakes
• carnivores, herbivores, omnivores
• decomposers, producers, consumers
• Kroger, Walmart, Subway

Lions, snakes, and owls are examples of...

• omnivores
• herbivores
• carnivores
• decomposers