Survey
* Your assessment is very important for improving the workof artificial intelligence, which forms the content of this project
* Your assessment is very important for improving the workof artificial intelligence, which forms the content of this project
5.9 Organisms and Environments 5th Grade Vocabulary Cards Adaptation A structure or behavior that helps an organism survive in it surroundings Producer An organism that makes its own food Photosynthesis The process of using the energy in sunlight to make food from water and carbon dioxide Consumer An organism that gets energy by eating other organisms Herbivores eat plants. Carnivores eat other animals. Omnivores eat plants and animals. Decomposer An organism that gets energy by feeding on the remains or wastes of other organisms Food Chain The path of food energy from one organism to another in an ecosystem Food Web Overlapping food chains with different pathways for the flow of food energy in an ecosystem Biome A very large area of land with a certain kind of climate and certain kinds of organisms living there. Ecosystem A community and its nonliving environment (soil, climate, water, air, energy, and nutrients) Environment Surroundings and conditions in which an organism lives. Niche The role each population has in its habitat. Chlorophyll Green substance in plant leaves that captures the energy in sunlight. Thrive To grow strong and healthy Perish Die Reproduce The process of making more organisms of the same kind Species A group of organisms of the same kind that can mate and produce offspring like themselves Habitat The environment where an organism lives Pollution Anything in the environment that can harm living things or damage natural resources Predator An animal that hunts, catches, and eats another animal Prey An animal that is hunted, caught, and eaten by another animal Carbon Dioxide-Oxygen Cycle The movement of carbon dioxide and oxygen between organisms and the air Image taken from http://water.me.vccs.edu/concepts/oxcycle.jpg Respiration The process of breathing in air to get oxygen and breathing out waste gases Image taken from: http://medicineworld.org/images/blogs/7-2006/natalia-breathing.jpg Survive Live Organism A living thing Hibernation A deep sleeplike state when an animal’s body processes slow Image take from: http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Hxi1Wvu-QCg/R_0ABQlZn_I/AAAAAAAAAhc/7rtkNBhC1Ec/dormouse.jpg Migration The seasonal movement of animals from one place to another Image take from: http://lh5.ggpht.com/_vu7m_ZOxM9o/SDocpVlB-aI/AAAAAAAAZFk/l_-h6YfN99M/p1030544.jpg