The process of using the energy in sunlight to make food from water and carbon dioxide

An event that causes very serious problems or damage

A very large area of land with certain kinds of organisms living there

A very small, specialized habitat

A variety of different species in an area

The ability of making something continue to exist or happen

The seasonal movement of animals from one place to another

A deep sleep like state when an animal’s body processes slow down

The structure or behavior that helps an organism survive in its surroundings

The downward growth of a plant’s roots and upward growth of its stem in response to gravity

The turning of a plant’s leaves toward light

A difference between similar things

A body part that does a certain “job” for an organism

The “job” that a body part does for an organism

Tubes in plant stems that carry water from the roots to the leaves

Tubes in plant stems that carry food from the leaves to the other parts of the plant

Energy from the Sun

The pressure exerted on a plant cell wall by water passing into the cell

The living components of an ecosystem

The non-living components of an ecosystem

Arrangement of several overlapping food chains

The place in an ecosystem where an organism lives

A hierarchical series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food

The graphical representation of the trophic levels (nutritional) by which the incoming solar energy is transferred into an ecosystem

Energy that is stored in chemicals, such as sugar and gasoline that allows a bond to be formed between two atoms

A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment

An individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form

A particular section, group, or type of people or animals living in an area or country

A group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding

An organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that decomposes organic material

A major ecosystem defined by distinctive geography and receiving uniform solar radiation and moisture

Rot or decompose through the action of bacteria and fungi

Decayed organic material used as a plant fertilizer

The breaking down of rocks, soil and minerals as well as artificial materials through contact with the wind, biota (living things), and water

The wearing away of rocks and other deposits on the Earth’s surface by the action of wind, water, or ice

The process by which sediments, soil, and rocks are added to a landform or land mass