True or False
An ecosystem consists of all the living organisms and their environment in a certain section of the earth.
True
What provides energy for all living things?
The sun
Which type of organism eats both plants and animals?
Omnivore
What is each living member of an ecosystem called?
Individual
What occurs whenever two or more organisms are trying to use the same resources?
Competition
Hibernation is the movement of a whole group of animals from one ecosystem to another ecosystem.
False
What is this movement called?
What is the transfer of energy and nutrients through a community called?
A food chain
What are organisms that depend on producers for food?
Consumers
What are all the different species that live in a particular ecosystem called?
Community
What are the special characteristics or skills that help living things survive in their environments?
Adaptations
Any organism that lives on or in another organism and gets food from that organism is called a host.
False
What are several food chains linked together called?
A food web
What are organisms that break down dead things and waste?
Decomposers
What are all of the organisms of the same species that live in an ecosystem called?
Population
What are God-given basic knowledge and skills that an animal needs for survival called?
Instincts
The environment is the living part of an ecosystem.
False
What is the living part of an ecosystem?
Which organisms does a food chain begin with?
Producers
Where do they get their energy from?
What keeps the ecosystem clean by eating what has already died?
A scavenger
What is an organism's specific function or job in the ecosystem called?
Niche
What is a special partnership in which two species interact with each other over a long period of time?
Symbiosis
Learned behaviors are inherited.
False
It shows how energy moves through one food chain in an ecosystem.
What is a consumer that eats only other consumers?
A carnivore
Why should a Christian learn about the interactions in ecosystems?
Understanding the interactions in ecosystems allows people to exercise good dominion by living in habitats without destroying them.
What are two reasons why animals might migrate?
To reproduce or to raise their young; to search for food or water; to avoid weather that is too hot or too cold