5th Grade Science Review- Ecosystems

The nonliving parts of an ecosystem

• trees

• biotic

• abiotic

• organism

Living in water

• abiotic

• biotic

• aquatic

• wateric

All the living parts of an ecosystem

• abiotic

• biotic

• consumers

• trees

The average weather pattern of a region

• weather

• storm

• precipitation

• climate

An animal that eats plants or other plant-eating animals

• producers

• vegetarians

• consumers

• decomposers

The energy cycle begins here

• producers

• consumers

• decomposers

• sun

A biome with many kinds of trees that lose their leaves each fall.

• rainforest

• savannah

• iceberg

• deciduous forest

A sandy or rocky biome, with little precipitation and little plant life

• deciduous forest

• rain forest

• desert

• savannah

An organism that breaks down dead plants or animals and returns nutrients to the soil for the energy cycle to begin again.

• decomposers

• posers

• consumers

• producers

All living and nonliving things in an environment, including their interactions with each other.

• biotic

• abiotic

• food chain

• ecosystem