Ecosystem Vocabulary

A place where living and nonliving things interact

• population

• community

• ecosystem

• nutrient cycle

A large area of land that has certain kinds of plants and animals

• population

• estuary

• habitat

• biome

Place where an organism lives and that provides the types of food, shelter, moisture, and temperature needed for survival.

• Niche

• Biomes

• Habitat

• Ecosystem

Animal that hunts and kills other animals for food.

• Prey

• Consumer

• Predator

• Carnivore

An animal that is hunted and caught for food. It is a consumer; it may be a herbivore, omnivore, or carnivore.

• Producer

• Prey

• Predator

• Organism

Anything that has mass and takes up space.

• Matter

• Insulator

• Mixture

• Volume

The ability to do work or cause change is...

• Sun

• energy

• Hydropower

• fossil fuels