living and nonliving parts interacting in an environment
What is ecosystem?
100
omnivore
Pigs eat both plants and animals. Which word best describe pigs?
100
Fires, hurricanes, floods, droughts
Give examples of things that can change the ecosystem.
100
to sleep through the winter.
What is hibernate?
100
A producer gets energy from the sugar it makes.
How does a producer get energy?
200
Each population contributes something to the community.
Population in a community depend on each other. Explain!
200
producer
____________________ a living thing that makes its own food.
200
A trait that helps a living thing survive in its environment.
What is an adaptation?
200
Place where a living thing makes its home.
What is habitat?
200
habitat
The water in a wetland is an example of a ________
300
community
All the populations living in the same place form a (n)_________
300
consumer
____________ a living thing that eats other living things.
300
Some birds migrate to warmer places during winter.
Describe an adaptation that helps an animal survive seasonal changes in its ecosystem.
300
living things of the same kind that live in the same place.
What is population?
300
beaver dam
Give an example of a living thing causing a change to an environment.
400
population is all the living things of the same kind that live in a certain place. A community is all the population that live in the same place.
How is population is different from a community?
400
decomposer
A living thing that breaks down waste and dead plant and animal matter is called a_________________
400
migrate
____________ to move
400
Some trees shed their leaves before winter.
Describe one animal or plant adaptation to a seasonal change in the environment.
500
Birds, alligators, insects. Birds eat insects and birds are eaten by alligators.
Give an examples of populations that are part of your ecosystem.
500
Are humans the only living things that change the environment? explain.
No, animals and plants also cause changes.
500
The groundhog mixes the soil as it digs, which improves the soilk and helps plants that grow there. The groundhog can harm the trees growing there if it damages the trees' roots.
How a groundhog digging a burrow can help and harm an ecosystem?
500
Food chain is the transfer of energy from one living thing to another.
What is food chain?
500
cow
Name an example of an animal that is an herbivore.