Living/Nonliving
Ecosystems
Food Chains
Random
Role in the Ecosystem
100

All living and nonliving things that interact in an area is this. 

What is an ecosystem?

100

Only eats meat

What is a carnivore?

100

This is the source of all energy on earth.

What is the sun?

100

An animal that is going into deep sleep in the winter is doing this. 

What is hibernation?

100

Animal that hunts for its food.

What is a predator?

200

Periods of no rain also called this, can cause plants to die. 

What is a drought?

200

Only eats plants

What is a herbivore?

200

Algae and trees are examples of these. 

What are producers?

200

Name three things a plant needs for Photosynthesis.

What is air, sunlight, and water?

200

Animal that is eaten by a predator

What is prey?

300

Give 4 examples of nonliving things in an ecosystem. 

What is air, soil, water, and sunlight?

300

Eats both plants and animals

What is an omnivore?

300

The organism that eats the producer is called this.

What is a Primary Consumer?

300

Organism that obtains nutrients from dead organisms around it. Fungi and bacteria are examples of it. 

What is a decomposer?

300

Organism that cannot make its own food.

What is a consumer?

400

Most plants store their food here.

What are stems or roots?

400

Scientists who study the environment are called this. 

What are ecologists?

400

Organism that eats the primary consumer.

What is a Secondary Consumer?

400

This period of rest saves energy for a plant.

What is dormancy?

400

An event or change to an ecosystem that has lasting changes. 

What is a disturbance?

500

Many consumers store food as this in their blood for a short period of time. 

What is sugar?

500

Why do we need predators in our ecosystem?

Because without predators we have would have too much prey.

500

This can accurately show the complex feeding relationships among living things. 

What is a food web?

500

Animals that move to a new place to meet their needs are doing this. 

What is migrating?

500

The changes that take place after an ecosystem has been disturbed is called this.  

What is succession?

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