Ecosystems Vocabulary

All of the living and nonliving things in an area.

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Ecosystems

• Decomposers

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A living organism that makes its own food.

• Producer

• Consumer

• Herbivore

• Decomposers

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A living organism that gets its energy by eating other living things.

• Producer

• Consumer

• Carnivore

• Decomposers

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A living thing that gets energy by breaking down wastes and dead animals.

• Producer

• Scavenger

• Carnivore

• Decomposers

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Which term describes a community of living organisms in conjunction with the nonliving components of their environment, interacting as a system?

• Biosphere

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

• Biome

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Which of the following best defines an ecosystem?

• A community of living organisms and their interactions with their abiotic environment.

• A specific area of land or water with a uniform climate.

• A group of interconnected food chains.

• A collection of species that have high genetic diversity.

a group of organisms like themselves

• species

• populations

• thrive

• community

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Which of the following is an example of an aquatic ecosystem?

• Desert

• Coral reef

• Grassland

• Tundra

A model that shows the path of energy as it flows from one organism to the next in an ecosystem.

• Energy Pyramid

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• Bar Graph

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A model that shows the path of energy as it flows throughout an ecosystem. 

• Energy Pyramid

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• Bar Graph

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