Ecosystem Concepts

The natural environment where a plant or animal lives.

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

• Biome

• Niche

The process by which plants use sunlight to make their own food.

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

• Transpiration

• Fermentation

Information collected through observation and measurement  that helps scientists understand ecosystems.

• Data

• Information

• Statistics

• Evidence

The act of protecting and preserving natural resources and ecosystems.

• Preservation

• Conservation

• Exploitation

• Depletion

A HURTFUL (bad) change to an ecosystem

• Beneficial

• Detrimental

• Neutral

• Sustainable

The living parts of an ecosystem, such as plants, animals, bacteria, and fungi.

• Abiotic Factors

• Biotic Factors

• Environmental Factors

• Geological Factors

All the members of the SAME SPECIES of living things in an ecosystem

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Population

• Habitat

A sequence of organisms where each one is eaten by the next in the chain, showing how energy and nutrients flow through an ecosystem.

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• Nutrient Cycle

• Energy Pyramid

All the LIVING (Biotic) Things in an area is a..

• Ecosystem

• Population

• Community

• Habitat

The non-living parts of an ecosystem, including sunlight, water, temperature, and soil.

• Biotic Factors

• Abiotic Factors

• Ecosystem Services

• Nutrient Cycles