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    This document provides definitions and explanations of key vocabulary terms related to ecosystems and environmental science. It defines ecosystem, community, biotic and abiotic factors, producers, consumers, decomposers, herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, food chains, food webs, primary consumers, secondary consumers, tertiary consumers, biomes, examples of biomes like tundra, temperate forest, tropical rainforest, taiga, grasslands, desert, marine ecosystems, freshwater ecosystems, estuaries, niches, salinity, pollution, and eutrophication. Examples are provided for many terms.

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    This document provides definitions and explanations of key vocabulary terms related to ecosystems and environmental science. It defines ecosystem, community, biotic and abiotic factors, producers, consumers, decomposers, herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, food chains, food webs, primary consumers, secondary consumers, tertiary consumers, biomes, examples of biomes like tundra, temperate forest, tropical rainforest, taiga, grasslands, desert, marine ecosystems, freshwater ecosystems, estuaries, niches, salinity, pollution, and eutrophication. Examples are provided for many terms.

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    This document provides definitions and explanations of key vocabulary terms related to ecosystems and environmental science. It defines ecosystem, community, biotic and abiotic factors, producers, consumers, decomposers, herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, food chains, food webs, primary consumers, secondary consumers, tertiary consumers, biomes, examples of biomes like tundra, temperate forest, tropical rainforest, taiga, grasslands, desert, marine ecosystems, freshwater ecosystems, estuaries, niches, salinity, pollution, and eutrophication. Examples are provided for many terms.

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    Ecosystems

    Key Vocabulary
    5th grade
    Team Time
    Ecosystem
    day 1

    All living things in an area and


    their habitat (includes living
    and non living)

    Biotic + abiotic factors = an


    ecosystem
    Community
    day 1

    Interaction of
    all living things
    in an area
    Predator PR
    E DA
    day 1
    TO
    R

    An animal
    that eats
    another
    animal for
    food
    Prey
    day 1

    The
    animal
    that gets
    eaten R EY
    P
    Herbivore
    day 1

    Consumer
    that eats
    plants
    Omnivore
    day 1

    Consumers
    that eat both
    plants and
    animals
    Carnivore
    day 1

    Consumer
    that eats
    meat.
    Food Chain
    day 2

    a picture
    that
    shows
    how each
    organism
    gets
    energy
    Food Web
    day 2

    System of
    food chains
    Producer
    day 2

    Makes own
    food
    Gets energy
    from the Sun
    Example:
    plants
    Consumer
    day 2

    Living things that eat


    food (i.e. animals)
    Types of consumers:
    herbivore, carnivore,
    omnivore
    Decomposer
    day 2

    Recyclesmatter and
    energy (examples from
    model ecosystem:
    aquarium snail,
    isopod), keeps the
    community clean by
    eating the dead
    organisms
    Primary Consumer
    day 2
    Use plants for energy (anything
    that eats plants)
    examples: insects, fish, lizards,
    mice, birds, deer
    Secondary Consumer
    day 2

    Getsenergy from
    primary consumers
    Tertiary Consumer
    day 2

    Gets their energy


    from secondary
    consumers
    Biome
    day 3

    Complex ecological
    community, extends
    over a large
    geographic area,
    Biomes of the World
    consists of many
    ecosystems
    Tundra Biome
    day 3
    The Tundra Biome is at the top of the
    world. Below a thin layer of tundra soil is
    its permafrost, a permanently frozen
    layer of ground. During the brief
    summers, the top section of the soil may
    thaw just long enough to allow plants and
    microorganisms to grow and reproduce.
    TUNDRA
    Every animal must adapt in order to
    survive. Some have grown thick fur which
    turns white in the winter. Others find a
    Biome
    place to hibernate during the winter
    months.
    Example animal: arctic fox
    Temperate/Deciduous Forest
    day 3

    The Temperate Deciduous Forest biome


    has four seasons of winter, spring,
    summer, and fall.
    TEMPERATE/
    Animals and plants have special
    adaptations to cope with these yearly DECIDUOUS FOREST
    changes. Some hibernate, some store
    food for the winter, and others forage for
    Biome
    food in the cold months.
    Example animal: white tail deer
    Tropical Rainforest Biome
    day 3
    There are two types of Rainforests--the
    temperate and the tropical.
    We have temperate rainforests in the US,
    in Washington state. Tropical rainforests
    are found in warmer climates, such as the
    Amazon rainforest.
    Animals are adapted to live in different
    levels of the rainforest, such as the forest
    floor, understory, emergent layer, and
    canopy.
    Example animals: elk and green vine snake
    Taiga Biome TAIGA Biome
    day 3
    The Taiga biome stretches across a large
    portion of Canada, Europe and Asia.
    Winters are cold. Summers are warm. Lots
    of conifers grow here.
    Snow, cold, and a scarcity of food makes
    life very difficult, especially in the winter.
    Some taiga animals migrate south, others
    go into hibernation, while others simply
    cope with the environment.
    Example animal: moose
    Grasslands Biome
    day 3
    Grasslands are big open spaces. There are not
    many bushes in the grassland. Trees are found
    only by rivers and streams.
    Grasslands receive about 10 to 30 inches of
    rain per year. Grassland soil tends to be deep GRASSLANDS Biome
    and fertile. The roots of perennial grasses
    usually penetrate far into the soil. (also called Savanna
    Animals include many types of grazers and
    large predators as well as decomposers such as
    Biome)
    vultures.
    Example animal: giraffe
    Desert Biome
    day 3
    The hot Desert is a land of extremes:
    extreme heat and extreme dryness;
    sudden flash floods and cold nights.
    Deserts are usually very dry. Even the
    wettest deserts get less than ten inches of DESERT
    precipitation a year.
    Biome
    Animals in the desert need many
    adaptations for the scarcity of water and
    extreme temperatures.
    Example animal: desert hare
    Marine Ecosystem
    day 4
    The marine biome includes shorelines,
    temperate oceans, and tropical oceans.
    There are many ecosystems within this biome,
    including:
    Estuaries

    coral reefs
    salt marshes
    Mudflats

    tide pools
    Animals are adapted to live either in a fully
    aquatic habitat or a combination of aquatic and
    land.
    Example animal: blue crab
    Freshwater Ecosystem
    day 4

    The Freshwater Biome includes:


    Ponds
    Lakes
    Streams
    Rivers
    Wetlands
    Animals and plants can be aquatic
    or land dwellers in this biome, and
    often are both.
    Example animal: bullfrog
    Estuary
    day 4

    Where freshwater
    and salt water meet
    (coastal area)
    Niche Coral Reef
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    day 4
    The term niche is used to describe the role
    an organism or population plays within its
    video that
    community or ecosystem. explains what a
    Such a position may be occupied by
    different organisms in different localities, Niche Is:
    For example: http://www.yout
    A species may be able to survive in a
    small range of temperatures.
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    Another might live only within a certain
    range of elevations.
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    An aquatic species may be successful only
    when they live in a certain range of water
    salinity.
    Salinity
    day 4

    The relative proportion


    of salt in a solution
    Pollution
    day 4

    Putting
    harmful
    things into
    the
    environment
    Eutrophication
    day 4

    increased
    nutrients in an Eutrophication Process
    ecosystem (i.e.
    too much
    fertilizer)

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