Vocabulary
An ________ is any living thing.
Organism
All living and nonliving things and all their interactions in an area.
Ecosystem
The food chain begins with the _________.
Sun
Animals that eat only plants or plant products.
Herbivore
An organism that uses sunlight to make its own food for energy.
Producer
True or False: Droughts and floods CANNOT cause changes in ecosystems.
False
Flower ---> Butterfly ---> Frog ---> Snake ---> Eagle
Which is the producer and which are carnivores?
Producer: Flower
Carnivore: Frog, Snake and Eagle
Animals that eat other animals for meat or flesh.
Carnivore
An organism that gets energy from eating plants or animals.
Consumer
Many have described it as a “sea of grass” peppered with wildflowers. Said one visitor, “I hardly even missed the trees!”
Grassland
The plants are __________.
Producers
Animals that eat both plants and animals.
Omnivore
All living and nonliving things and all their interactions in an area.
Ecosystem
Lakes, ponds, and wide open spaces! Come in the summer to see the birds, and remember your boots-it gets soggy!
Freshwater
The animals are __________.
Consumers
The Bear is ____________.
Omnivore
The path of food energy from one organism to another in an ecosystem.
Food Chain
I am the driest of them all, have little rain fall, and above all, plants need to adapt to hot and cold for survival. What am I?
Desert
Is a connection of multiple food chains.
Food Web
The frog is ________.
Carnivore