Ecology Vocabulary
Use vocabulary for feeding relationships and ecological roles — producer, consumer, predator, prey, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, decomposer, food chain, food web, nutrient cycle — and describe how energy and matter flow through ecosystems using these terms
Typical age: 8–10 years
“Can your child draw a food chain from a plant to a top predator and label each animal as a producer, consumer, predator, or prey?”
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- Matter Cycling in EcosystemsREQUIRED
Modelling movement of matter through ecosystems requires nutrient cycle and decomposer vocabulary
- Food Chains & Energy TransferREQUIRED
Constructing and interpreting food chains requires producer, consumer, predator, prey vocabulary
- Food Webs & InterdependenceREQUIRED
Constructing food webs and understanding interdependence requires food web, producer, decomposer vocabulary