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Name Class Date © Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. Permission is granted for the purchaser to print copies for non-commercial educational purposes only. Visit us at www.NewPathWorksheets.com Match each of the following terms to its definition: Climate Nonliving thing Consumer Describe Producer Decomposer Living thing Carbon dioxide 1. __________ - a living thing that makes its own food using light energy from the Sun 2. __________ - an organism that get its energy by eating other organisms 3. __________ - an organism that get its energy by breaking down dead plant and animal matter; examples of decomposers include mushrooms, bacteria and earthworms 4. __________ - an organism that can grow and reproduce 5. __________ - a thing that does not grow and reproduce; examples include water, nutrients and soil 6. __________ - a heavy, odorless, colorless gas; it is absorbed from the air by plants 7. __________ - the weather of a location over a long period of time 8. __________ - to tell or write about an object or thing using details What are Ecosystems? Please or to download the printable version of this worksheet Sign In Sign Up

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Page 1: What are Ecosystems? - NewPathWorksheets · Producer Decomposer Living thing Carbon dioxide 1. Producer - a living thing that makes its own food using light energy from the Sun 2

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© Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. Permission is granted for the purchaser to print copies fornon-commercial educational purposes only. Visit us at www.NewPathWorksheets.com

Match each of the following terms to its definition:

Climate Nonliving thing Consumer Describe

Producer Decomposer Living thing Carbon dioxide

1. __________ - a living thing that makes its own food using light energyfrom the Sun

2. __________ - an organism that get its energy by eating otherorganisms

3. __________ - an organism that get its energy by breaking down deadplant and animal matter; examples of decomposers include mushrooms,bacteria and earthworms

4. __________ - an organism that can grow and reproduce

5. __________ - a thing that does not grow and reproduce; examplesinclude water, nutrients and soil

6. __________ - a heavy, odorless, colorless gas; it is absorbed from theair by plants

7. __________ - the weather of a location over a long period of time

8. __________ - to tell or write about an object or thing using details

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Match each of the following terms to its definition:

Climate Nonliving thing Consumer Describe

Producer Decomposer Living thing Carbon dioxide

1. Producer - a living thing that makes its own food using light energyfrom the Sun

2. Consumer - an organism that get its energy by eating otherorganisms

3. Decomposer - an organism that get its energy by breaking downdead plant and animal matter; examples of decomposers includemushrooms, bacteria and earthworms

4. Living thing - an organism that can grow and reproduce

5. Nonliving thing - a thing that does not grow and reproduce;examples include water, nutrients and soil

6. Carbon dioxide - a heavy, odorless, colorless gas; it is absorbed fromthe air by plants

7. Climate - the weather of a location over a long period of time

8. Describe - to tell or write about an object or thing using details

What are Ecosystems?

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