Ecosystem Restoration Vocabulary PDF

## Ecosystem Restoration Vocabulary 1. **argument:** the use of evidence to say why one idea is the best 2. **claim:** a proposed answer to a question 3. **data:** observations or measurements recorded in an investigation 4. **decomposer:** an organism that breaks down droppings or dead organisms 5...

## Ecosystem Restoration Vocabulary 1. **argument:** the use of evidence to say why one idea is the best 2. **claim:** a proposed answer to a question 3. **data:** observations or measurements recorded in an investigation 4. **decomposer:** an organism that breaks down droppings or dead organisms 5. **ecologist:** a scientist who studies ecosystems 6. **ecosystem:** a community of organisms together with its environment 7. **energy:** the ability to make things move or change 8. **environment:** all the living and nonliving things in an area 9. **evidence:** information that supports an answer to a question 10. **food web:** a diagram that shows what eats what in an ecosystem 11. **matter:** the stuff that things are made of 12. **model:** something scientists make to answer questions about the real world 13. **molecule:** a group of atoms joined together in a particular way 14. **nutrient:** something taken in by plants and animals that helps them grow 15. **observe:** to use any of the five senses to gather information about something 16. **organism:** a living thing, such as a plant or an animal 17. **restoration:** the process of returning something to its original condition by fixing or repairing it 18. **soil:** a mixture of rocks, water, air, parts of dead organisms, and tiny living organisms