Parts of the Ecosystem

1. Parts of the Ecosystem

2. Parts of the Ecosystem Ecosystem – all of the living and nonliving things that interact in an area

3. Parts of the Ecosystem Organic Matter – the remains of plants and animals

4. Parts of the Ecosystem Soil – the loose materials made of rock, minerals and organic matter that covers much of the Earth’s surface

5. Parts of the Ecosystem Community – the living things in an ecosystem

6. Parts of the Ecosystem Environment – everything that surrounds and affects a living thing

7. Parts of the Ecosystem Population – all the members of one kind of plant or animal in a community

8. Parts of the Ecosystem Prairie – a grassy area with a few trees

9. Parts of the Ecosystem Rainforest – an area with warm temperatures all year and a lot of sunlight and rainfall

10. Parts of the Ecosystem Temperate Zone – an area of Earth where the temperature rarely gets very hot or very cold

11. Parts of the Ecosystem Consumer – an animal that gets energy by eating (consuming) plants or other animals

12. Parts of the Ecosystem Pollinator – an animal that helps plants make seeds

13. Parts of the Ecosystem Producer – an organism that makes its own food

14. Parts of the Ecosystem Reproduction – the process of making one’s own kind

15. Parts of the Ecosystem Seed Dispersal – the scattering of seeds from the plant that produced them