5th grade Ecosystem Vocabulary

A living factor that affects the organisms in an ecosystem or the ecosystem as a whole.

• A Ecosystem

• A Biotic Factor

• An Abiotic Factor

• An Human

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.3

An organism that breaks down dead material for fuel

• Consumer

• Fuel

• Decomposer

• Producer

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.L.5.4A

a nonliving factor that affects the organisms in an ecosystem is

• Producer

• Population

• Abiotic

• Consumers

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

An organism that produces its own food using inorganic matter

• Consumer

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• Producer

Another name for a producer

• Heterotroph

• Decomposer

• Autotroph

• Energy Pyramid

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.L.5.4A

The process by which plants use sunlight to make sugar for food

• Energy Pyramid

• Food web

• Consumer

• Photosynthesis

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.L.5.4B

A linear series of organisms that feed off of organisms from lower levels

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• Producer

• Decomposer

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.3

The cycling of any type of valuable substance in an ecosystem (carbon, oxygen, nitrogen)

• Food Web

• Heterotroph

• Nutrient Cycle

• Food Chain

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.3

Any substance that provides energy to organisms

• Gas

• Fuel

• Life

• Happiness

A collection of the same type of species living in an area

• Grassland

• Aquatic

• Tropical Forest

• Population

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4