5th Grade Science Chapter 6 Vocabulary

____________ is all the living things and nonliving things in an area and their interactions.

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_________ is a place that provides all the things an organism needs to live.

• ecosystem

• habitat

• community

• population

A group of organisms of species that live in an area.

• ecosystem

• habitat

• population

• community

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Different populations in an make make up a ______________.

• habitat

• ecosystem

• community

• population

What are a biotic factors in an ecosystem?

• all the living organisms in an ecosystem

• all the nonliving parts in an ecosystem

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What are abiotic factors in an ecosystem?

• all the living organisms in an ecosystem

• all the nonliving parts in an ecosystem

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Check all that are biotic factors in a desert ecosystem

• cactus

• coyotes

• little rain

• lizards

Check all that are abiotic factors in a mixed forest ecosystem.

• oak trees

• songbirds

• cold winters

• decomposed leaves

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An organism that cannot make its own food.

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

• prey

an organism that gets energy by breaking down wastes and dead organisms

• producer

• decomposer

• consumer

• predator

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