Teaching With Teaching Slides Ecosystems Vocabulary Clickers Interactive Presentation Created by: Cindy Jarrett Cindy Jarrett Teaching Slides Ecosystems Vocabulary

0 of 5 1. Consumer 2. Decomposer 3. Producer 4. Scavenger

Producer: any of the plants and algae that produce oxygen and food that the animals need. Producer:

0 of 5 1. Habitat 2. Community 3. Population 4. Ecosystem

Ecosystem – All the living and non-living things in an area and their interactions with each other.

0 of 5 1. Producer 2. Decomposer 3. Consumer 4. Scavenger

Decomposers – any of the fungi or bacteria that break down dead plant and animals into useful things like minerals and rich soil.

MEMBERS OF A KINGDOM THAT CONTAIN ONE CELLED AND MANY- CELLED LIVING THINGS THAT ABSORB FOOD THROUGH THEIR ENVIRONMENT. A DECOMPOSER- MUSHROOMS ARE AN EXAMPLE. 0 of 5 1. Scavengers 2. Fungi 3. Carnivores 4. Herbivores

Fungi Fungi: members of a kingdom that contain one celled and many-celled living things that absorb food through their environment. A decomposer- mushrooms are an example.

0 of 5 1. Scavenger 2. Herbivores 3. Threatened 4. Decomposer a meat eating animal that feeds on the remains of dead animals.

Scavenger - a meat eating animal that feeds on the remains of dead animals.

0 of 5 1. Community 2. Population 3. Niche 4. Habitat

Habitat: the place where a population lives.

0 of 5 1. Germination 2. Organism 3. Population 4. Habitat

Organisms – living things that are capable of reacting to stimuli, reproduction and growth.

0 of 5 1. Taiga 2. Deciduous 3. Temperate 4. Rainforest

Taiga - a cool, forest biome of conifers in the upper Northern Hemisphere Taiga - a cool, forest biome of conifers in the upper Northern Hemisphere.

0 of 5 1. Mustard 2. Elodea 3. Alfalfa 4. Wheat

Alfalfa Alfalfa –a flowering plant in the pea family. Grown to feed livestock Alfalfa –a flowering plant in the pea family. Grown to feed livestock.

0 of 5 1. Alfalfa 2. Duckweed 3. Rye 4. Elodea

Elodea – is a perennial aquatic plant often called water weeds. Often used in aquariums.

0 of 5 1. Elodea 2. Rye 3. Alfalfa 4. Mustard

Mustard – a plant species that grows very small seeds that can be ground to use as a spice. The plant itself can be eaten as greens as well. Seeds

0 of 5 1. Wheat 2. Rye 3. Mustard 4. Elodea

Wheat – A world wide cultivated grass that is harvested and the seed is ground into flour to make bread. Second largest crop in the world.

0 of 5 1. Taiga 2. Tundra 3. Desert 4. Rainforest

Tundra - a cold, treeless biome of the far North, marked by spongy topsoil.

0 of 5 1. Sun 2. Carbohydrate 3. Petroleum 4. Magma

Sun – the source of all energy to our planet.

0 of 5 1. Carnivorous 2. Parasitism 3. Symbiosis 4. Competition

Symbiosis- symbiotic –a mutually beneficial relationship between two kinds of organisms over time.

0 of 5 1. Precipitation 2. Hail 3. Snow 4. Acid Rain

Acid rain –moisture that falls to the Earth after being mixed with wastes from burned fossil fuels.

0 of 5 1. Symbiosis 2. Food chain 3. Photosynthesis 4. Germination

Photosynthesis – the food making process in green plants that uses sunlight.

0 of 5 1. Germination 2. Decomposition 3. Photosynthesis 4. Gestation

Germination – the sprouting of a seed into a new plant.

0 of 5 1. Community 2. Individual 3. Population 4. Niche

Individual – a single member of a species.

0 of 5 1. Population 2. Individual 3.Habitat 4. Community

Population – all the members of one species in an area Population – all the members of one species in an area.

0 of 5 1. Individual 2. Population 3. Habitat 4. Community

Community – all the populations living in one area.

0 of 5 1. Habitat 2. Niche 3. Food Chain 4. Individual

Niche –the role an organism has in its ecosystem.

0 of 5 1. Desert 2. Taiga 3. Tundra 4. Prairie

0 of 5 1. Food Web 2. Competition 3. Food Chain 4. Energy Pyramid

Food chain – the path of the energy in food from one organism to another.

0 of 5 1. Food Web 2. Food Chain 3. Energy Pyramid 4. Competition

Food web – the overlapping food chains in an ecosystem

0 of 5 1. Food Chain 2. Food Web 3. Ph Paper 4. Energy Pyramid

0 of 5 1. Niche 2. Competition 3. Population 4. Habitat

0 of 5 1. Deciduous Forest 2. Rain Forest 3. Tundra 4. Taiga

Deciduous forest – a forest biome with many kinds of trees that lose their leaves each autumn.

0 of 5 1. Hibernation 2. Migration 3. Instinct 4. Learned Behavior

Learned behavior - a learned behavior is a behavior that was observed by an individual that they find it to be beneficial to them in some way.

0 of 5 1. Road Salt 2. Increased Nutrients 3. Acid Rain 4. Pollution

Increased nutrients- increased nutrients added to the environment can create algae blooms which can choke out existing organisms in an aquatic ecosystem.

0 of 5 1. Protected 2. Threatened 3. Extinct 4. Endangered

Extinct – no longer exists. This organism will no longer be found alive on the earth.

0 of 5 1. Tundra 2. Tropical Rain Forest 3. Desert 4. Deciduous Forest

Tropical rainforest – a hot, humid biome near the equator, with much rainfall and a wide variety of life.

0 of 5 1. Endangered 2. Protected 3. Extinct 4. Threatened

Endangered - a species threatened with extinction; broadly : anyone or anything whose continued existence is threatened.

0 of 5 1. Endangered 2. Threatened 3. Protected 4. Extinct

Threatened - having an uncertain chance of continued survival ; specifically : likely to become an endangered species

0 of 5 1. Pollutant 2. Wind Erosion 3. Germination 4. Water Erosion

Pollutant- an unnatural substance added to the Earth’s land, water or air.

0 of 5 1. Taiga 2. Tundra 3. Grassland 4. Deciduous Forest

Grasslands – a biome where grasses, not trees, are the main plant life. Prairies are one kind of grassland region.

0 of 5 1. Thermometer 2. Aneometer 3. Ph paper 4. H 2 O

Ph-Paper – Used to determine the measure of its ph which tells the level of acidic, neutral or basic of a substance.

0 of 5 1. Instinct 2. Learned Behavior 3. Extinct 4. Habitat