Ecosystem vocabulary

A group of the same type of organism living in an area

• Habitat

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

A consumer that breaks down the tissues of a dead organism

• Decomposer

• Omnivore

• Carnivore

• Secondary Consumer

Nonliving parts of an ecosystem (sunlight, soil, temperature)

• Nature

• Biotic

• Abiotic

• Habitat

Show the interaction among many different food chains in a single ecosystem

• Food Chain

• Competition

• Community

• Food web

An animal that eats both plants and animals as food

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

• Insect

Gets energy from primary consumers

• Carnivores

• Tertiary Consumers

• Secondary Consumers

• Decomposers

Physical place where an organism lives

• Ecosystem

• Community

• House

• Habitat

All living things in an area and their habitat (includes living and nonliving)

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

• Plants

• Population

An animal that eats other animals for food

• Whales

• Carnivores

• Herbivoers

• Omnivores

Get their energy from secondary consumers

• Tertiary Consumers

• Primary Consumers

• Decomposers

• Omnivores