Ecosystems and Biomes Flashcards

Grade 5 · Science · Flashcards

Key vocabulary for ecosystems, biomes, and organism roles in nature.

Flashcards

Ecosystem: All living and non-living things in an area and how they interact.
Biome: A large region of Earth with a characteristic climate and types of plants and animals.
Producer: An organism that makes its own food using sunlight (photosynthesis).
Consumer: An organism that gets energy by eating other organisms.
Decomposer: An organism that breaks down dead matter and recycles nutrients — like fungi and bacteria.
Herbivore: An animal that eats only plants.
Carnivore: An animal that eats only other animals.
Omnivore: An animal that eats both plants and animals.
Abiotic: Non-living components of an ecosystem: water, soil, sunlight, temperature, air.
Biotic: Living components of an ecosystem: plants, animals, fungi, bacteria.
Tropical rainforest: A hot, rainy biome near the equator with enormous biodiversity.
Tundra: A cold, treeless biome with permanently frozen ground found near the poles.
Taiga: The world's largest land biome — cold forests of spruce, pine, and fir trees.
Desert: A biome that receives very little rainfall; can be hot (Sahara) or cold (Antarctica).
Population: All members of the same species living in the same area at the same time.
Community: All the different populations of organisms living together in the same area.