Ecosystems

A living thing that feeds on dead plant and animal matter

• decomposer

• ecology

• fungus

• ecosystem

A species of organism that is introduced to a new location and causes problems

• fungus

• epiphyte

• invasive species

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Water that has been made pure by removing dissolved material

• Aquafina

• Distilled Water

• Poland Springs

• Tap water

A material in soil formed when plants and animals decompose

• soil

• healthy materials

• humus

• epiphyte

The study of the relationships among organisms and their environment

• epiphyte

• ecology

• humid

• food web

Having a lot of moisture in the air

• humid

• humus

• hot

• epiphyte

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

A group of living and nonliving things that make up an environment and affect one another

• epiphyte

• fungus

• ecosystem

• food web

An organism that is neither an animal nor a plant; many are decomposers

• epiphyte

• aquarium

• compost

• fungus

A plant that grows on another plant instead of in soil

• bacteria

• soil

• epipyhte

• fungus

A model of the feeding relationships within a community

• database

• ecology

• food web

• compost