Environment/Ecosystem vocab

Living

Something that is alive and carries out life processes.

Observe

To carefully look at something and notice details.

Resource

Something an organism needs or uses to survive.

Environment

Everything around a living thing that can affect it.

Ecosystem

All the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other.

Habitat

The place where an organism lives and gets what it needs to survive.

Survive

To stay alive and continue living.

Organism

A living thing, such as a plant, animal, fungus, or bacteria.

Nonliving

Something that is not alive.

Interact

To affect or act on one another.

Infer

To use clues and what you already know to figure something out.

Evidence

Information or clues that support an answer or idea.