Biotic or Abiotic
What do you eat?
Food Chains
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Role in the Ecosystem
100
A non-living organism in an ecosystem
Abiotic factor
100
Only eats meat
What is a carnivore
100
This is the source of all energy on earth.
What is the sun
100
When both organisms benefit each other it is called...
mutualism
100
Animal that hunts for its food.
What is a predator
200
A living organism in an ecosystem
Biotic factor
200
Only eats plants
What is a herbivore
200
As you look down the food pyramid, the population...
increases.
200
Name three things a plant needs to create photosynthesis.
What are air, sunlight, water.
200
Animal that is eaten by a predator
What is prey.
300
The weather is an example of this
Abiotic factor
300
Eats both plants and animals
What is an omnivore
300
The organism that eats the producer is called this.
Primary consumer
300
All living and non living things existing together is called
an ecosystem
300
Organism that cannot make its own food.
What is a consumer
400
Fungus is an example of this
What is a biotic factor?
400
A tertiary consumer is usually one of these
What is a carnivore
400
Organism that eats the primary consumer.
What is a secondary consumer
400
Just the living things (organisms) in an ecosystem is called a
community
400
Organism that makes its own food through photosynthesis.
What is a Producer
500
The word "bio" means
Living
500
Why do we need predators in our ecosystem?
Because without predators we have would have too much prey.
500
Organism that eats the secondary consumer
What is the tertiary consumer
500
When one species benefits and another one is harmed (dog/flea), it is called...
parasitism
500
Organism that obtains nutrients from dead organisms around it.
What is a decomposer
600
Biology is the study of...
Living things
600
Apex predators have no...
natural enemies or predators (except humans)
600
Arrows on a food chain represent
Energy flow
600
When organisms struggle for a limited number of resources it is called..
competition.
600
The difference between a scavenger and a decomposer is...
the decomposer breaks down what the scavenger leaves behind.
700
Temperature and soil are examples of
Abiotic factors
700
What would happen if there were no more producers on Earth?
Life on Earth would eventually end.
700
Energy in the trophic levels ________ as you go up levels.
decreases (or is lost)
700
Explain the 10% rule...
10% of energy is kept as the trophic levels increase. 90% is lost.
700
Plants give off oxygen, humans give off...
carbon dioxide. (CO2)