My World's Ecosystem!

BIODIVERSITY-
Diversity among and within plant and animal species in an environment.

TERRAIN-
A tract of land.

ECOLOGY-
The branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment.

ECOLOGY-
The branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment.

BIOLOGY-
The study of living organisms, divided into many specialized fields that cover their morphology, physiology, anatomy, behavior, origin, and distribution.

ECOSYSTEM-
A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

HABITAT-
The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.

BIOME-
A large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat,

5 MAJOR BIOMES

• Aquatic
• Deserts
• Forests
• Grass lands
• Tundra

TUNDRA-
A vast, flat, treeless Arctic region of Europe, Asia, and North America in which the subsoil is permanently frozen.

BIOTIC-
Of, relating to, or resulting from living things, especially in their ecological relations.

ABIOTIC-
physical rather than biological; not derived from living organisms.

PHOTOSYNTHESIS-
The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water. Photosynthesis in plants generally involves the green pigment chlorophyll and generates oxygen as a byproduct.

ORGANISM-
An individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.

MICROORANISIM-
An extremely small organism that can not be seen with the naked eye.

PRODUCERS-
A person, company, or country that makes, grows, or supplies goods or commodities for sale

CONSUMERS-
a person who purchases goods and services for personal use.

DECOMPOSERS-
An organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that decomposes organic material.

PREDATOR-
An animal that naturally preys on others.

PREY-
An animal that is hunted and killed by another for food.

OMNIVORE-
An animal or person that eats food of both plant and animal origin.

CARNIVORE-
An animal that feeds on flesh.

HERBIVORE-
An animal that only eats plants.

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