Parts of an Ecosystem
What are all the living and nonliving things in a certain area of the earth?
Ecosystem
true or false...A habitat can be shared between organisms. A niche cannot be shared between organisms.
true
What is the transfer of energy through a community?
food chain
What is a skill or characteristic that will help an organism survive?
adaptation
What is it when an organism moves to another ecosystem? Why?
migration
to reproduce, to have their young, for food, temperature
What is the living part of an ecosystem?
organisms
Where does all energy originally come from?
What three things are needed for photosynthesis?
the sun
water, CO2, sunlight
What is it called when two or more organisms want the same resource?
competition
What are the small holes on the bottom of a leaf?
stomata
What is it when animals sleep in the winter?
What happens to their bodies?
hibernation
Their energy, heart rate, and breathing decreases. They eat very little.
What is the nonliving part of an ecosystem?
environment
What are the 2 main groups of organisms?
producers and consumers
What is any animal that hunts and eats other animals?
What is any animal that is being hunted?
predator
prey
How do some plants adapt to get sunlight if the top trees block the sun?
What is it when organisms share resources and form a special partnership?
Which partnership helps one organism and hurts the other?
symbiosis
parasitism
Name three things that can be a part of an environment.
What are the 3 main groups of consumers and what do they eat?
herbivores-plants
omnivores-animals and plants
carnivores-animals
What is many food chains that are linked together?
How many food chains are shown in a food pyramid?
food web
one
What is another name for plants like the Venus flytrap?
Why does it need organisms?
carnivorous
It doesn't get enough sunlight for photosynthesis.
What is when an organism lives in or on another organism for food?
What is an organism who is hurt by a parasite?
parasite
host
What is one rat in an ecosystem?
What are all the rats in an ecosystem?
What are all the living things in that ecosystem?
individual
population
community
What organisms eat dead things?
What organisms break down dead things into smaller components? Give an example.
scavengers
decomposers-mushrooms, worms, bacteria
What is at the base of a food pyramid?
What happens to the energy as it goes up through the pyramid?
What percent of energy transfers to the next organism?
producers
It decreases.
10%
What is it when one organism looks like another organism so a predator doesn't eat them?
Give one example.
mimicry
king and coral snake, monarch and viceroy butterfly, the owl moth
What is it when both organisms are helped?
What is it when one organism is helped, but the other is neither helped or harmed?
mutualism
commensalism