Ecosystem

Front 1

Coral reefs are affected by the _____, or saltiness, of ocean water.

Back 1

Salinity

Front 2

_____ is reached when the changes in a system are balanced

Back 2

Stability

Front 3

An organism's role in its ____, or home, is called its _____.

Back 3

Habitat, niche

Front 4

A carrot plant is an example of ______, one of the levels in a food chain.

Back 4

producer

Front 5

Populations and the environment in which they interact form an ______

Back 5

ecosystem

Front 6

All the coral polyps living in a reef form a ______ of polyps.

Back 6

population

Front 7

A fungus is an example of a _____, the last level in a food chain.

Back 7

decomposer

Front 8

Rain forests and coral reefs are important because they have great variety, or _____, of living things.

Back 8

diversity

Front 9

Groups of living things and their environment make up

Back 9

community

Front 10

_______ is the average weather over a long time.`

Back 10

climate

Front 11

different kinds of living things form a?

Back 11

population

Front 12

Which is these is not a system?

Back 12

A grass, soil, water sprinkler
B sun, algae, snails, fungi
C grass, shrubs, trees
D coral, clownfish, saltwater, bacteria

Front 13

All the populations that live in the same place make up a?

Back 13

community

Front 14

living things of the same kind form a ?

Back 14

population

Front 15

interact within food chains and food webs as?

Back 15

producers, consumers, decomposers

Front 16

A group of parts that work as a unit is called a?

Back 16

system

Front 17

A bear is an example of a ____, or an animal that eats plants or other animals.

Back 17

consumer