| Term | Definition |
|---|
| BIOMES | Major ecological communities, such as rainforest, Forest, desert, grassland |
| BIOTIC | The living organisms in an ecosystem |
| CARNIVORE | An organisim that eats other animals |
| CONNECTED | Everything is joined or linked together in some way. |
| CONSERVATION | The preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources |
| CONSUMER | Organisms that take in food material and are above producers on the energy pyramid |
| DECOMPOSER | Organisms in an ecosystem that break down organic material (dead organisms, their waste, etc.) |
| ECO-SYSTEM | All the organisms living in the area, as well as the physical components of the environment of which they interact (air, soil, water, sunlight, etc.). |
| FOOD WEB | The interconnected food chains in an ecosystem |
| ENVIRONMENT | The air, the water, the soil, and everything else that surrounds a person, animal, or plant. |
| HABITAT | The area where an organism lives, grows, and develops. |
| HERBIVORE | Any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants. |
| NONRENEWABLE | A resource that cannot be reused or replaced. |
| OMNIVORE | An organism that eats plants and animals. |
| PRODUCER | Living things that make their own food from the sun,water, carbon dioxide and other types of energy. |
| RENEWABLE | Resource that can regenerate quickly and that is replaceable. |
| RESOURCES | Anything obtained from the environment to meet our needs and wants. |
| THREATENED | A word used to describe an organism or species that is in danger of becoming extinct. |
| ENDANGERED | when there are so few of a species that it is in danger of dying out |
| CONSERVATION | Protecting natural resources and using them wisely |
| NATURAL ENVIRONMENT | All the things in and around a place that were not made (or brought in) by people. |
| RELATIONSHIPS | A close connection, association, or interaction between two or more components of the ecosystem |
| ABIOTIC | Non-living factors of an organisms' environment. |
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