Ecosystem Part 2 Practice

Having multiple systems that work together to accomplish various tasks

• Interdependent

• Dependent

• Independent

• Dependable

On or of the Earth

• Terrestrial

• Earthling

• Something made out of dirt or rocks

• Organism

When one organism eats another for food

• Predation

• Competition

• Consumption

• Carnivore

An animal that only eats other animals

• Consumer

• Producer

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

When more than one individual or population in an ecosystem relies on the same limited resources

• Predation

• Dispersing resources

• Competition

• Territory

The smallest complete particle of an element

• Proton

• Neutron

• Atom

• Electron

An organism that must consume other organisms for nutrients

• Carnivore

• Producer

• Herbivore

• Consumer

Organisms that break down organisms without the need of internal digestion

• Decomposers

• Scavengers

• Consumers

• Preadators

Substances that provide nourishment essential for growth and maintenance of life.

• Vitamins

• Minerals

• Nutrients

• Organic Matter

Movement of energy from one system to another

• Energy Flow

• Energy Cycle

• Energy Transfer

• Energy Synthesis