Ecosystem Vocab

Some examples of non-living things in the ecosystem are

• flowers and plants.

• frog and ducks.

• rocks and water.

• fish and grass.

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all the living and nonliving things in an area

• ecologist

• matter

• ecosystem

• organism

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a scientist who studies ecosystems

• ecosystem

• ecologist

• scientist

• zoologist

Pick the best name for the picture.

• Food Web

• Food Chain 

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

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What does the arrow in a food chain or food web mean?

• A series of steps in which organisms transfer (move) energy by eating and being eaten.

• An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms.

• Shows what eats what and consists of many food chains in an ecosystem

• The transfer (movement) of energy.

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What is the definition of the word decomposer?

• Shows what eats what and consists of many food chains in an ecosystem

• The transfer (movement) of energy.

• An animal that eats other animals

• An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms.

Match the following types of relationships to their descriptions:

• Competition

• One organism benefits at the expense of the other

• Parasitism

• Both organisms are harmed by fighting over a resource

• Commensalism

• One organism benefits while the other remains neutral

• Mutualism

• Both organisms benefit (help each other)

Yucca flowers are pollinated by yucca moths. The moths lay their eggs in the flowers. Both species benefit.

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

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A species that is NOT native to a particular region is called

• natural

• invasive

• endemic

• extraordinary

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What type of symbiosis?  Hummingbirds feed on nectar from flowers.  The flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds as they move from flower to flower.

• commensalism

• mutualism

• parasitism

• predation

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