Vocabulary

Life Science Vocabulary

Abiotic - something that does not need energy, does not grow or reproduce

Biotic - an organism that can take and use energy to grow and reproduce

Nice - the role of an organism in its ecosystem

Organism - any living thing

Ecosystem - all the living and nonliving things in an area

Interdependence - living things depending on other living things

Environment – everything surrounding an organism, including living and nonliving factors

Population – a group of the same kind of organisms living in the same are

Community – all the different populations living and interacting in an area

Habitat – the natural home where an organism lives

Producer – an organism that makes its own food, usually using sunlight

Consumer – an organism that gets energy by eating other organism

Decomposer – an organism that breaks down dead plants and animals and returns nutrients to the soil

Food Chain – a simple path showing how energy moves from one organism to another

Food Web – many connected food chains showing how organisms are linked

Flow of Energy – how energy moves through an ecosystem from one organism to another

Herbivore – a consumer that eats only plants

Carnivore – a consumer that eats other animals

Omnivore – a consumer that eats both plants and animals

Predator – an organism that hunts and eats other organisms

Prey – an organism that is hunted and eaten by a predator

Adaptation – a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment

Competition – when organisms fight for the same resources, like food or space

Symbiosis – a close relationship between two different organisms

Drought – a long period of little or no rainfall

Survive – to stay alive in an environment

Thrive – to grow well and be successful in an environment

Perish – to die because needs are not met

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