Vocabulary
surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates
environment
to make larger or greater
increase
__________ break down or organic material in order to return minerals and nutrients to the soil
Decomposers
What is the difference between a food web and a food chain?
to remain alive
survive
to become less or smaller
decrease
_________ is the role an organism has in its environment
Niche
What would happen if we remove a producer from a food chain?
consumer herbivore would perish
action of clearing or cutting down a wide area of trees
deforestation
to pass along
transfer
main source of energy
Sun
What would happen if we remove the top predator from a food chain or web?
overpopulation of an organism, not enough food
species that normally lives and thrives (does well) in a particular ecosystem.
native species
to take in food; eat or drink up
consume
provides the most energy in a food chain/food web
producer
A consumer carnivore eats
meat
a living thing that is introduced to a new environment and typically causes damage to their new ecosystem
invasive species
when the environment is contaminated or dirtied by waste, chemicals and other harmful substances
pollution
The three type of consumers are called __________
herbivore, carnivore, omnivore
An omnivore consumes
both meat and plants