Vocabulary for Ecosystems

A group of organisms of the same, living in the same place.

• ecosystem

• population

• adaptations

• community

A sleeplike state for the winter.

• hibernation

• mimicry

• migrate

• habitat

A dry ecosystem.

• grasslands

• migrate

• desert

• forest

Imitating a look of another animal.

• camouflage

• mimicry

• resources

• adaptation

Any trait that helps an animal survive.

• hibernate

• camouflage

• mimicry

• adaptations

An ecosystem in which many trees grow.

• grasslands

• forest

• desert

• resources

To travel from one place to another and then back again.

• adaptations

• community

• migrate

• mimicry

The place in its ecosystem where a population lives.

• community

• ecosystem

• population

• habitat

Materials found in an ecosystem.

• grasslands

• forests

• migrate

• resources

This is made up of all the living and nonliving things in an environment.

• community

• ecosystem

• habitat

• environment