ECOSYSTEM PG. 30: VOCABULARY

AN ANIMAL THAT EATS ANIMALS AND / OR PLANTS

• CONSUMER

• PRODUCER

• MICROORGANISMS

• DECOMPOSERS

LIVING THINGS THAT BREAK DOWN THE BODIES OF OTHER FORMS OF LIFE THAT HAVE DIED.

• PRODUCERS

• CONSUMERS

• DECOMPOSERS

• SCAVENGERS

SCARCE OR RARE ANIMALS OR PLANTS

• EXTINCT

• ENDANGERED

• HABITAT

• RESOURCES

A GROUP OF FOOD CHAINS IN A SINGLE ECOSYSTEM

• FOOD WEB

• FOOD CHAIN

• HABITAT

• MICROORGANISMS

NO LONGER IN EXISTENCE - GONE FOREVER

• MANY ACTORS CAREERS

• ENDANGERED

• SCAVENGER

• EXTINCT

SIMPLE FORMS OF LIFE TOO SMALL TO BE SEEN EXCEPT UNDER A MICROSCOPE

• PRODUCERS

• CONSUMERS

• MICROORGANISMS

• DECOMPOSERS

THINGS THAT ANIMALS AND PLANTS CAN USE TO GROW AND LIVE, SUCH AS SHELTER, FOOD, AND AIR

• RESOURCES

• HABITAT

• FOOD WEB

• FOOD CHAIN

A DESCRIPTION OF WHICH SPECIES EATS WHICH OTHER SPECIES

• RESOURCES

• PRODUCERS

• FOOD CHAIN

• EXTINCT

THE NATURAL PLACE WHERE AN ANIMAL OR PLANT LIVES

• FOOD WEB

• HABITAT

• FOOD CHAIN

• DECOMPOSERS

A GROUP OF FOOD CHAINS IN A SINGLE ECOSYSTEM

• FOOD WEB

• FOOD STORE

• FOOD CHAIN

• FOOD DRIVE-THRU