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Ecosystem Vocabulary

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    Grade 5 Ecosystems
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  • A way of organizing something which follows a fixed plan or set of rules.
    System
  •  5
  • The interaction of living and non living things in an environment.
    Ecosystem
  •  10
  • a system that is part of a larger system
    subsystem
  •  25
  • The process for how plants make their own food using sunlight.
    Photosynthesis
  •  15
  • Species that eat only plants.
    Herbivore
  •  25
  • Species that eat other animals.
    Carnivore
  •  20
  • Species that eat both plants and animals.
    Omnivore
  •  25
  • An organism that creates its own food or energy.
    Producer
  •  15
  • An organism that gets its energy by eating plants or animals.
    Consumer
  •  10
  • The final link in the food chain; bacteria and fungi that cause decay to add nutrients to the soil so that new plants may grow.
    Decomposer
  •  20
  • The flow of energy from one living thing to another living thing.
    Food chain/food web
  •  5
  • a transparent tank of water in which fish and other water creatures and plants are kept
    Aquarium
  •  20
  • a transparent enclosure for keeping or raising plants or usually small animals indoors
    Terrarium
  •  25
  • Name a system at Hardy School
  •  15
  • Name a system in your classroom
  •  15
  • Non-living parts of ecosystems include things like... (name 3)
  •  15
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