Vocabulary Puzzles

Parts of Ecosystems
•Ecosystem •Population
•Individual •Community
•Species •Biotic
•Abiotic
 Parts of an Ecosystem Vocabulary Puzzles
Instructions for use:
• Print on card stock, laminate and cut puzzles apart
• Mix the 7 puzzles together and place into plastic zip bag
• Students put together the 7 puzzles by matching the vocabulary word,
examples/facts, picture, and definition pieces.
• To make the puzzles self-checking, place small colored dots of the same
color on the back of each puzzle piece in a puzzle set. When the students
have finished putting their puzzles together, they can flip them over to
make sure they have all the same colors matched together.
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Vocabulary Word Examples/Facts

• A tree
Individual •
•
A squirrel
A fox
• A bird

A single living organism

(plant or animal)

Picture Definition
Vocabulary Word Examples/Facts

• Robins
Species •
•
Chickens
Owls
• Hawks

More than one individual of

the same type of organism
that are able to produce
offspring
Picture Definition
Vocabulary Word Examples/Facts

• Robins around Lake

Population Tahoe
• Copperhead snakes
in west Texas
• Wolves in Yellowstone
National Park

All of the members of a

species that live in the same
area at the same time.

Picture Definition
Vocabulary Word Examples/Facts

• The rosebushes,
Community ladybugs, worms
and spiders that are
in my garden

All of the different

populations that live in the
same place at the same time

Picture Definition
Vocabulary Word Examples/Facts

Biotic • Compete for

resources like food
factors and nonliving things
in the environment

All of the living members of

the ecosystem

Picture Definition
Vocabulary Word Examples/Facts

Abiotic • Valuable resources

for living organisms
Factors that are often
competed for.

All of the nonliving things

in the ecosystem

Picture Definition
Vocabulary Word Examples/Facts

Ecosystem
• Great Plains
• Gulf of Mexico
• Grand Canyon
• Mississippi River

All of the living things in a

given area that interact
with other living things as
well as nonliving things
from the environment
Picture Definition
Vocabulary Word Examples/Facts

Individual

Picture Definition
Vocabulary Word Examples/Facts

Species

Picture Definition
Vocabulary Word Examples/Facts

Population

Picture Definition
Vocabulary Word Examples/Facts

Community

Picture Definition
Vocabulary Word Examples/Facts

Biotic
factors

Picture Definition
Vocabulary Word Examples/Facts

Abiotic
Factors

Picture Definition
Vocabulary Word Examples/Facts

Ecosystem

Picture Definition
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