Norwood Public School
Grade 5 Vocabulary - Unit B


Chapters 1 - 4:  Cycles, Interactions, Biomes, and Protecting our Ecosystems

Note - due dates are given in class.

Chapter 1- Cycles in Nature
Chapter 2 Living Things Interact
Chapter 3 Biomes
Chapter 4 Protecting and Preserving Ecosystems

  1. Individual (page B28)



2. Population



3.  Community



4.  Ecosystem



5.  Habitat (page B29)



6.  Niche



7. Limiting factors (page B30)



8.  Population Density (page B31)



9.  Producers (page B34)



10.  Consumers



11.  Food chain (page B35)



12.  Decomposers



13.  Food web (page B36)



14.  Energy Pyramid (page B38)



15.  Competition (page B42)



16.  Camouflage*



17.  Predators*



18.  Prey*



19.  Adaptation (page B43)


20.  Symbiosis* (page B45)



21.  Instinct (page B46)



22.  Learned behaviors



23.  Exotic (page B50)



24.  Extinct (page B51)



25.  Endangered



26.  Threatened