Chapter 4 Ecosystems Vocabulary

Chapter 4 Ecosystems Vocabulary

A list of words and definitions is posted in Google Classroom.

Ecosystem

all the living and nonliving things in an environment and the many ways they interact

Habitat

An area or place where an organism lives in an ecosystem. 

Habitat vs Ecosystem

You could think of habitat as the special place in a community in which a plant or animal lives. An ecosystem is basically the neighborhood where animal lives. The habitat is the animal’s address in that ecosystem neighborhood. 

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of a fox habitat?

• Grasslands

• Mountains

• Burrows

• North America

Population

All of the members of one species that live within an area of an ecosystem. 

Producer

A living thing that makes it's own food.

Consumer

A living thing that eats other living things. 

Multiple Select

Select all of the producers below:

Open Ended

What do you notice about producers?

Herbivore

Animals that eat only plants are called herbivores. Examples of these animals include cows, sheep, rabbits, and mice.

Carnivore

An animal that gets food by eating other animals is called a carnivore.

Omnivore

An animal that eats plants and other animals is an omnivore.

Poll

What are you?

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

Decomposer

An organism that breaks down plant and animal waste and remains

Food Chain

the transfer of energy from one organism

to another by eating and being eaten

Food Web

A system of overlapping food chains in which the flow of energy branches out in many directions

Multiple Choice

What do you think is the meaning of competition?

• a major division of geologic time defined by events that took place during that time

• how all the living and nonliving things in an environment interact

• occurs when two or more living things need the same resources in order to survive

Next Step:

Watch the Ecosystem EdPuzzle