Biotic or Abiotic
An animal in an ecosystem
What is a biotic factor?
Only eats meat
What is a carnivore?
This is the source of all energy on earth.
What is the sun?
Carrot ---> Rabbit---> Snake---> Hawk
Given the above example of a food chain, which animal is a source of energy for the snake?
What is a rabbit?
I hunt and kill other animals for food.
What is a predator?
A pond in an ecosystem
What is an abiotic factor?
Only eats plants
What is a herbivore?
These are organisms that make their own food and come after the sun in a food chain.
What are producers?
An animal that hunts and kills other animals for food.
What is a predator?
Animals that are hunted and eaten by a predator.
What is prey?
The weather is an example of this
What is abiotic factor?
I enjoy fish from the river and berries from the forest.
What is an omnivore?
The organisms that eats the producer.
What is a consumers?
I spend a significant portion of my life in or on a host causing harm to it without immediately killing it.
What is a parasite?
If the water supply in an area dries up, this is what will happen to the populations in that area who depend on the water.
What is decrease?
Fungus is an example of this
What is biotic factor? (Decomposer)
I enjoy tasty frogs, snakes, and mice.
What is a carnivore?
What are the 3 main groups of consumers?
What are herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores?
Heidi said that rattlesnakes, brush, cacti, and scorpions in a desert are examples of a population, but Tyler said they are examples of a community. Who is correct?
TYLER
I am a cat covered in fleas and left untreated, I will eventually die. I am the ___________for the flea.
What is a host?
The sun in an ecosystem
What is an abiotic factor?
Why do we need predators in our ecosystem?
Because without predators we have would have too much prey.
Microorganisms such as termites, worms, and fungi that break down dead or decaying matter.
What are decomposers?
All members of one kind of organism that in an area.
What is a population?
Imagine Spanish moss on a live oak tree. The moss is a __________plant to the tree.
What is parasitic?