Ecosystems and Interactions of Living Things

Science

an animal that only eats other animals

Carnivore explained in an easy to understand way.

populations that live in the same habitat

Community explained in an easy to understand way.

unlike a plant, cannot make its own food, instead it eats other living things

Consumer explained in an easy to understand way.

an organism that breaks down dead organisms and waste, like fungi or bacteria

Decomposer explained in an easy to understand way.

all the living and nonliving things interacting in an area

Ecosystem explained in an easy to understand way.

close to becoming extinct

Endangered explained in an easy to understand way.

the diagram of energy loss through a food chain

Energy pyramid explained in an easy to understand way.

all the living and nonliving things in an area

Environment explained in an easy to understand way.

the food energy transfer between organisms in an ecosystem

Food chain explained in an easy to understand way.

a model of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem

Food web explained in an easy to understand way.

the place where an organism lives

Habitat explained in an easy to understand way.

an animal that eats only plants

Herbivore explained in an easy to understand way.

a very small organism that can only be seen with a microscope, like bacteria

Microorganism explained in an easy to understand way.

the role an animal or plant plays in its habitat

Niche explained in an easy to understand way.

can eat both plants and animals

Omnivore explained in an easy to understand way.

the gas found in air and water that most plants and animals need to live

Oxygen explained in an easy to understand way.

the process by which plants use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to make food

Photosynthesis explained in an easy to understand way.

adding harmful substances to the land, water or air

Pollution explained in an easy to understand way.

all the organisms of the same species living in the same area

Population explained in an easy to understand way.

an animal that hunts and eats other animals

Predator explained in an easy to understand way.

an animal hunted and eaten by a predator

Prey explained in an easy to understand way.

organism that can make its own food, like all plants

Producer explained in an easy to understand way.

the scattering of plant seeds

Seed dispersal explained in an easy to understand way.

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