unit 4 chapter 3 vocab

The use of evidence to say why one idea is the best

• claim

• data

• argument

• evidence

A proposed answer to a question

• evidence

• claim

• data

• argument

An organism that breaks down droppings or dead organisms

• molecule

• consumer

• producer

• decomposer

A scientist who studies ecosystems

• Engineer

• Astronomer

• Chemist

• Ecologist

A community of organisms together with its environment

• ecosystem

• environment

• ocean

• forest

All the living and nonliving things in an area

• environment

• neighborhood

• schools

• community

Information that supports an answer to a question

• argument

• claim

• facts

• evidence

A diagram that shows what eats what in an ecosystem

• food web

• spider web

• Venn diagram

• T-chart

The stuff that things are made of

• air

• water

• energy

• matter

Something taken in by plants and animals that helps them grow

• sunlight

• water

• nutrient

• oxygen