Ecosystems

All living and nonliving things that exist and interact in one place.

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

• Community

• Biotic

All the organisms that live in the same ecosystem and interact with each other

• environment

• community

• population

• prairie

All the organisms of the same kind that live in an ecosystem.

• prairie

• environment

• community

• population

A grassy land area with few or no trees.

• rainforest

• field

• prairie

• temperate zone

An area with a great deal of rainfall, it is warm with a lot of sunlight.

• temperate zone

• prairie

• desert

• rainforest

An area of the earth where the temperature rarely gets very hot or very cold.

• rainforest

• temperate zone

• prairie

• desert

Biotic

• nonliving

• robot

• living

• dinosaur

abiotic

• living

• not a robot

• pizza

• nonliving/never alive

The loose material that covers much of the Earth's surface

• water

• sand

• earth

• soil

The remains of plants and animals, is rich in nutrients, or materials that help living things grow.

• soil

• sand

• organic matter

• water