5th Grade Lesson 7 Vocabulary

1.      binoculars—a tool that makes things that are at a distance appear closer

 

2.      community—populations of different species living together in the same ecosystem

3.      ecosystem—a system made up of all the living and nonliving things in an area

4.      hand lens—a tool that makes small things appear larger and can be used to observe

5.      microorganism—a living thing that is too small to see with the unaided eye

6.      microscope—a tool that makes very small things appear much larger

7.      organism—a living thing

8.      population—a group of organisms of the same species that lives in a certain area

9.      record—to write down

10.  species—a group of organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring.