vocabulary

2. movement of nitrogen between the environment and living things
4. eats other plants and animals
6. the path of energy transfer from producer to consumer
7. partially enclose body of water
9. takes place when energy change from one form to another
10. an organism that gets energy and nutrients by breaking down the remains of other organisms
13. a community of living organism lives within an ecosystem
15. ability to cause a change in a system
17. push or pull
18. consumer that eats only plants such as grasshoppers or bison
19. organisms that eats other organisms
20. low average temp. like those in the tundra biome but more precipitation
21. tool that can be used and trace the flow of energy through an ecosystem
22. such as a badger or a wolf eats other animals
24. is the process in which organic mater and nutrients slowly build up in a lake or pond ecosystem
25. shows the feeding relationships among many different organisms in an ecosystem
26. anything that takes up space
27. biome that has grass and fern trees
31. number and variety of species that are presents in area is referred

1. broadleaf trees that drop their leaves as winter approaches
3. states that energy cannot be created or destroyed
5. a region of earth where the climate determines the types of plants that live through
8. the first organisms to live in an uninhabited area
11. an autotroph uses energy to make food
12. states that mass cannot be created or destroyed
14. slow development or replacement of an ecological community over time
16. an event that changes an ecosystem
23. has low average temp. and very little precipitation
28. biome are very dry
29. trees which were are trees that have evergreen needlelike;eaves
30. transfer of energy to an object caused by using a force