Outdoor School Vocabulary

Which word means a physical or behavioral change in characteristics that produces better adjustment of an organism to its environment and increases its chances for reproduction and survival.

• Adaptation
• Carnivore
• Decomposer
• Environment
• Organism

Which word means animals that feed on other animals.

• Carnivore
• Community
• Environment
• Consumer
• Ecosystem

Which word means a group of living things that live and interact together within an ecosystem. The effective management and use of resources provide maximum benefits to the ecosystem – today and for generations to come.

• Community
• Cycle
• Food Chain
• Habitat
• Herbivore

Which word means a series of continuous changes that always return to their starting point.

• Cycle
• Ecosystem
• Habitat
• Photosynthesis
• Food Chain

Which word means an organisms that break down dead materials into simpler forms, such as fungi, insects, and bacteria.

• Decomposer
• Community
• Natural Resources
• Consumer
• Cycle

Which word means a unit of living organisms and nonliving elements that interact.

• Ecosystem
• Environment
• Organism
• Predator
• Producer

Which word means everything that surrounds an organism, both living organisms and nonliving matter.

• Environment
• Habitat
• Food Chain
• Carnivore
• Community

Which word means the transfer of food energy through a series of organisms as each one is fed upon by the next – from producers to consumers.

• Food Chain
• Cycle
• Herbivore
• Natural Resources
• Adaptation

Which word means the environment in which an organism lives that provides food, water, shelter, and space for the organism.

• Habitat
• Ecosystem
• Cycle
• Producer
• Prey

Which word means a consumer organism that feeds primarily on plant matter.

• Herbivore
• Decomposer
• Omnivore
• Predator
• Producer