Vocab
Can NOT make their own food
Consumers
Can make their own food
producers
Photosynthesis
What will happen if the insect population significantly decreases?
The frog population will decrease
How do producers get their energy?
Producers get their energy from the sun. They turn CO2, sunlight, and water into glucose and oxygen molecules through the process of photosynthesis.
All of the living and non-living parts of an environment
Ecosystem
Relationship where both species benefit
Mutualism
Process that turns O2 and glucose molecules into usable energy for consumers
Cellular Respiration
What will happen if the snake population increases?
The mouse population will decrease and the owl population will increase
What does every food chain start with and why are they so important to the health of an ecosystem?
Every food chain starts with producers, they are important to the health of an ecosystem because they provide all of the energy that will be transferred.
All of the populations living in an ecosystem
Community
habitat
Which way does an arrow point in a food web
Towards where the energy is flowing
What population(s) would increase if the wolf was removed from the ecosystem?
Rabbits and Moose
Relationship where one benefits, other isn't affected.
commensalism
All of the organisms of the SAME SPECIES that live in an area
Population
Owls and coyotes both hunt rabbits, what would happen if there was an increase in the owl population.
The rabbit population would decrease and the number of coyotes would decrease.
What would happen if the mouse population significantly increased?
The Plant population will decrease and the snake and owl populations will increase