1. LESSON 4 GLOSSARY

2. Presentation notes for 2014-15
Slides 3-7 contain most important words

3. An ecosystem is a community that includes living things and their environment, which function together as a unit.

4. B. A macroorganism is an organism you can directly view. C
B. A macroorganism is an organism you can directly view. C. A microorganism is an organism you need magnification to see. (A pond’s ecosystem includes macro and micro organisms)

5. D. Succession—When one thing happens after another
E. Community—the living component of an ecosystem
F. Abiotic—Nonliving things in an ecosystem
G. Biotic—Living things in an ecosystem

6. H. Habitat—the area where an organism lives
I. Niche—An organism’s function or job
J. Population—
The members
of each
species in a community

7. K. Environment—Everything around an organism including the climate, water resources, soil, food supply, other organisms, inorganic things, and microorganisms

8. R. Biome or ecosystem—. areas with similar. climate, plant and
R. Biome or ecosystem— areas with similar climate, plant and animal life