Unit 4 Ecosystem Restoration Vocabulary

What is the definition of 'argument'?

• the use of evidence to say why one idea is the best

• a story with a moral lesson

• a list of facts without explanation

• an emotional appeal without logic

What is a proposed answer to a question called?

What are observations or measurements recorded in an investigation called?

• data

• hypothesis

• conclusion

• variable

What do you call an organism that breaks down droppings or dead organisms?

• decomposer

• producer

• consumer

• predator

Who is a scientist who studies ecosystems?

• ecologist

• geologist

• astronomer

• chemist

What is a community of organisms together with its environment called?

• ecosystem

• population

• habitat

• species

What is the ability to make things move or change called?

• energy

• matter

• weight

• volume

What do you call all the living and nonliving things in an area?

• environment

• organism

• population

• habitat

What is information that supports an answer to a question called?

• evidence

• opinion

• guess

• rumor

What is a diagram that shows what eats what in an ecosystem called?

• food web

• energy pyramid

• habitat map

• nutrient cycle