week 1
ecosystem
all the living and nonliving things that interact with each other in an environment
habitat
the environment where an organism lives
pollution
anything in the environment that can harm living things or damage natural resources
pollutant
a harmful substance added to Earth’s land, water, or air
producer
an organism that makes its own food
consumer
an organism that gets energy by eating other organisms
scavenger
a meat-eating animal that feeds on the remains of dead animals
carnivore
an animal that eats other animals
herbivore
an animal that eats only plants or plant products
omnivore
an animal that eats both plants and animals
food chain
the path of food energy from one organism to another in an ecosystem
food web
overlapping food chains with different pathways for the flow of food energy in an ecosystem
Slide 2: http://www.northtexasaquascapes.com/ecosystem3blabel.jpg
Slide 3: http://adm.elpasoco.com/NR/rdonlyres/217C624C-52C9-4943-9FBB-7287EA39A078/0/Habitat_2.jpg
Slide 4: http://kassandraproject.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/air-pollution-systems.jpg
Slide 5: http://i.treehugger.com/images/2007/10/24/number-air-water-soil-pollution.jpg
Slide 6: http://cropandsoil.oregonstate.edu/sites/default/files/news/RyeGrass.jpg
Slide 7: http://www.isrealli.org/wp-content/uploads/cow.JPG
Slide 8: http://www.africanbirdclub.org/countries/grf_global/Tanzania-Augur-Buzzard.jpg
Slide 9: http://www.jamsbphotos.co.uk/USERIMAGES/Carnivore(1).jpg
Slide 10: http://assets.panda.org/img/upper_yangtze_forests_105346_1_2869.jpg
Slide 11: http://mrgrassosclass.com/images/omnivore.jpg
Slide 12: http://www.jenningsk12.net/WE/peimann/Science/FoodChains/food_chain.jpe
Slide 13: http://library.thinkquest.org/J0113170/forest/images/foodweb.jpg