Worksheets5th Grade Science Unit 7 Vocabulary
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 16mins
Ecosystem Relationship
A community of living things and nonliving things in their natural environment
The way things work with or affect other things within an ecosystem
When elements within an ecosystem depend on each other to survive
Any living thing
Ecosystem
A community of living things and nonliving things in their natural environment
The way things work with or affect other things within an ecosystem
When elements within an ecosystem depend on each other to survive
Any living thing
Interdependence
A community of living things and nonliving things in their natural environment
The way things work with or affect other things within an ecosystem
When elements within an ecosystem depend on each other to survive
Any living thing
Organism
A community of living things and nonliving things in their natural environment
The way things work with or affect other things within an ecosystem
When elements within an ecosystem depend on each other to survive
Any living thing
Living (biotic) things...
grow, reproduce, need energy to survive, and respond to their environment.
Do NOT grow, reproduce, need energy to survive, and respond to their environment.
Nonliving (abiotic) things...
grow, reproduce, need energy to survive, and respond to their environment.
Do NOT grow, reproduce, need energy to survive, and respond to their environment.
Consumer
An organism that eats other organisms (plants and / or animals) for food
An organism that gets energy by feeding on dead materials and waste
An organism that makes its own food
A representation of the flow of energy from the sun through producers to consumers and decomposers in an ecosystem
Decomposer
An organism that eats other organisms (plants and / or animals) for food
An organism that gets energy by feeding on dead materials and waste
An organism that makes its own food
A connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem
Food Web
An organism that eats other organisms (plants and / or animals) for food
An organism that gets energy by feeding on dead materials and waste
A connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem
A representation of the flow of energy from the sun through producers to consumers and decomposers in an ecosystem
Food Chain
An organism that eats other organisms (plants and / or animals) for food
A representation of the flow of energy from the sun through producers to consumers and decomposers in an ecosystem
An organism that gets energy by feeding on dead materials and waste
A connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem
Producer
An organism that gets energy by feeding on dead materials and waste
An organism that eats other organisms (plants and / or animals) for food
A representation of the flow of energy from the sun through producers to consumers and decomposers in an ecosystem
An organism that makes its own food
The arrows in a food chain represent...
the flow of energy in an ecosystem
what the animals eat
Overpopulation
all living things that belong to the same group and live in the same area
having too many people or organisms in a particular area
the place where an organism lives
process by which producers use the energy in sunlight to create their own food
Habitat
all living things that belong to the same group and live in the same area
having too many people or organisms in a particular area
the place where an organism lives
process by which producers use the energy in sunlight to create their own food
Photosynthesis
all living things that belong to the same group and live in the same area
having too many people or organisms in a particular area
the place where an organism lives
process by which producers use the energy in sunlight to create their own food
Increase
to become bigger or greater in amount
to become smaller or less in amount
Decrease
to become bigger or greater in amount
to become smaller or less in amount
Invasive species
a living thing that is introduced to a new environment where it did not come from
the clearing, or cutting down, of forests
a substance used to destroy pests (as insects or weeds)
the process of taking things from the ground
Mining
a living thing that is introduced to a new environment where it did not come from
the clearing, or cutting down, of forests
a substance used to destroy pests (as insects or weeds)
the process of taking things from the ground
Deforestation
a living thing that is introduced to a new environment where it did not come from
the clearing, or cutting down, of forests
a substance used to destroy pests (as insects or weeds)
the process of taking things from the ground
Pesticide
a living thing that is introduced to a new environment where it did not come from
the clearing, or cutting down, of forests
a substance used to destroy pests (as insects or weeds)
the process of taking things from the ground
Fertilizer
the wearing away of soil by wind and water
a substance that is added to soil to help the growth of plants.
the clearing, or cutting down, of forests
a substance used to destroy pests (as insects or weeds)
Soil Erosion
the wearing away of soil by wind and water
a substance that is added to soil to help the growth of plants.
the clearing, or cutting down, of forests
a substance used to destroy pests (as insects or weeds)
