What do we call an animal that catches and eats another animal?
predator
100
What is the tick, when a tick sucks blood from a dog?
parasite
100
What is the dog, when a tick sucks blood from a dog?
host
200
What word describes all fish, birds, mammals, and other living things living in an environment?
biotic
200
Grass is eaten by a rabbit. The rabbit is eaten by a fox. What is this an example of?
food chain
200
What do several different populations living together make?
community
200
What do we call organisms that can make their own food from sunlight?
producers
200
If scientists were studying the plants and animals of an ecosystem but not things like water and rocks, what level of organization would they be studying?
community
300
Name 3 biotic parts of an ecosystem.
birds, mammals, fish, insects
300
What happens to other species in an ecosystem after one species disappears?
they are thrown out of balance
300
What type of organism (producer, consumer or decomposer) is “nature’s recycler?”
decomposer
300
Name 3 abiotic parts of an ecosystem
rocks, water, temperature, sunlight
300
Herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores are all what