Ecosystem Vocabulary
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- aqua
- the Latin word that means water
- terra
- the Latin word that means land
- eco
- the Greek word for house, habitat, or environment
- aquarium
- a container in which living water animals or water plants are kept.
- terrarium
- an enclosed container in which plants or land animals are kept.
- ecosystem
- a community of living organisms and nonliving elements (soil, water, air,etc)
- ecology
- the science concerned with the relationship of living things to each other and to their environment.
- respiration
- the use of oxygen by living things
- photosynthesis
- process by which green plants make their own food
- producers
- the group of organisms that produce (make) their own food
- consumers
- the group of organisms that eat (consume) other organisms to get energy