5th - Ecosystems Vocab

A system of organisms that interact with each other and with the non-living parts of their environment.

• producer

• ecosystem

• scavenger

• herbivore

An organism that feeds on other organisms.

• decomposer

• eater

• consumer

• matter

An organism that makes its own food.

• maker

• producer

• omnivore

• herbivore

Animals that eat dead organisms they did not kill.

• iguanas

• scavengers

• herbivore

• bugs

Organisms like fungi and bacteria that break down dead plant or animal material to get their nutrients, and leave behind some nutrients in the soil or water.

• decomposer

• composer

• omnivore

• producer

A consumer that eats only plants.

• plantivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

• herbivore

A consumer that eats only animals.

• meatavore

• carnivore

• omnivore

• herbivore

A consumer that eats both plants and animals.

• allivore

• carnivore

• herbivore

• omnivore

The stuff that the things around us are made of that can be solid, liquid, or gas.

• air

• matter

• cells

• volume

The process of plants turning sunlight, water and carbon dioxide into energy.

• photography

• energizing

• photosynthesis

• magic