Ecosystems Flashcards
Grade 4 · Science · Flashcards
Study key vocabulary for ecosystems, organism roles, and biomes.
Flashcards
- Ecosystem
- All living and non-living things in an area that interact with each other
- Biotic factor
- Any living part of an ecosystem, such as plants, animals, and fungi
- Abiotic factor
- Any non-living part of an ecosystem, such as water, sunlight, and soil
- Producer
- An organism that makes its own food using sunlight through photosynthesis
- Consumer
- An organism that must eat other organisms to get energy
- Herbivore
- A consumer that eats only plants
- Carnivore
- A consumer that eats only animals
- Omnivore
- A consumer that eats both plants and animals
- Decomposer
- An organism that breaks down dead material and returns nutrients to the soil
- Biome
- A large region with a particular climate and community of plants and animals
- Photosynthesis
- The process plants use to convert sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide into food
- Habitat
- The specific place where an organism lives within an ecosystem
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