Ecosystems Vocabulary

Ms. Vogelsangs Science Class

Ecosystem
The living and non-living things in an
environment and all their interactions.

Community
The living part of an ecosystem.

Population
One type of organism living in an area.

Habitat
The home of an organism.

Producer
An organism, such as a plant, that makes
food.

Consumer
Any organism that eats food producers
make or eats other consumers.

Decomposer
An organism that breaks down wastes
and the remains of other organisms.

Food Chain
The set of steps in which organisms get
the food they need to survive.

Food Web
The pattern that shows how food chains
are related.

Chloroplasts
Cells that contain chlorophyll, a green
substance in plant cells that helps plants
make food by trapping the suns energy/