Living Systems Vocabulary - Investigation 1: Systems

What is a collection of interacting parts that work together to make a whole or perform a function?

• system

• element

• substance

• object

What does it mean to act upon one another?

• interact

• ignore

• separate

• observe

What do you call a system that is part of a larger system?

• subsystem

• ecosystem

• network

• module

What is the term for Earth's rocks, minerals, and landforms, sometimes called the lithosphere?

• Geosphere

• Atmosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

What is the name for the gases surrounding Earth at a depth of up to several hundred kilometers?

• Atmosphere

• Lithosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

What is the water on Earth in the rivers, lakes, seas, groundwater, oceans, and atmosphere called?

• Hydrosphere

• Lithosphere

• Biosphere

• Atmosphere

What is the term for all the plants, animals, and other living things in the water, on the land, and in the air?

• Biosphere

• Lithosphere

• Atmosphere

• Hydrosphere

What do you call a community of organisms interacting with each other and with the nonliving environment?

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

• Population

• Biome

What is an animal that hunts and catches other animals for food called?

• predator

• herbivore

• scavenger

• prey

What is a description of the feeding relationships between organisms in an environment called?

• food chain

• habitat

• ecosystem

• population