HERBIVORES
This is the only type of food herbivores eat.
Plants
This is the only type of food carnivores eat?
Meat
These organisms break down dead matter and waste.
Decomposers
Producers capture this to make their own energy.
Sunlight
These are living factors that affect an ecosystem.
Biotic factors
A deer eating grass is an example of this consumer type.
Herbivores (Autotrophs)
A hawk hunting a mouse is an example of this consumer type.
Carnivores (Heterotrophs)
Bacteria and fungi are examples of this consumer type.
Decomposers
All energy in ecosystems originally comes from this source.
Soil, water, and sunlight are examples of these factors.
Abiotic Factors
Herbivores get their energy directly from this group.
Producers
Carnivores usually eat this group of organisms.
Animals (consumers)
Decomposers return this back into the soil.
Nutrients
hy can’t consumers get energy directly from the sun?
Consumers can’t use sunlight to make food, so they must get energy by eating plants or other animals.
Plants and animals are classified as these factors.
Biotic Factors
This type of teeth helps herbivores grind tough plant material.
Molars (Grinding teeth)
Carnivores are often found at this position in a food chain.
High up on the food chain
This process prevents ecosystems from filling up with dead material.
Decomposition
This term describes the rate at which producers make energy.
Primary Productivity
Name 4 abiotic factors and 4 biotic factors
Abiotic: Rocks, minerals, sunlight, water, temperature, air pressure, etc.
If herbivores disappeared, this group would increase rapidly. What group is this and what impact could this have on the ecosystem as a whole?
Producers. Overpopulation of plants will take away space/nutrients from other organisms
Removing carnivores would most likely cause this group to increase. What group is this and what impact could this have on the ecosystem as a whole?
If carnivores were removed, herbivores would increase because nothing would be eating them. This could harm the ecosystem because too many herbivores would eat too many plants, leaving less food and space for other organisms.
Without decomposers, this cycle in nature would stop.
Nutrient cycle (circle of life)
This process allows plants to convert sunlight into usable energy.
Photosynthesis
Explain one relationship between an abiotic factor with a biotic factor.
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