abiotic - Answer Non-living factors like rain, sun, minerals in soil, and temperature in an
environment.
adaptation - Answer a change in order to fit a new situation or use
aquatic - Answer having to do with water
biodiversity - Answer a wide variety of organisms
biome - Answer an ecosystem with its own climate, soil, plants, and animals
biotic - Answer Living factors like plants, animals, and bacteria in an environment.
community - Answer the population that lives in the same area
decomposer - Answer An organism that gets its energy from breaking down decaying organic
material. The role of decomposers is the recycling of nutrients throughout the ecosystem.
ecology - Answer science concerned with the relationship of living things to each other and
to their natural environment
carnivore - Answer a consumer which gets its energy by eating only meat/animal flesh
consumer - Answer An organism that gets energy from eating other organisms.
control - Answer The variable in an experiment which is kept the same to ensure accuracy.
ecosystem - Answer An interconnected community of organisms interacting with and
depending on one another and the physical environment.
environment - Answer everything that surrounds an organism and influences it
Fair Test - Answer An experiment where only one thing is changed, and every other element
remains constant.