Ecosystem Basics
What is the definition of an ecosystem?
A community of living and nonliving things interacting with each other in a given area.
What is a food web?
A diagram that shows the energy flow of an ecosystem by showing what organisms eat.
What is prey? Give an example.
An animal that gets hunted/eaten by other animals - Rabbit
What do we call a group of organisms of the same species living in the same area?
Population
What are abiotic factors?
Factors in an ecosystem that are non-living.
What is a producer? Give an example.
An organism that produces its own food - Plants
What is an herbivore?
An animal that eats only plants.
In a food web, what is the 'apex predator'?
An animal that does not have any natural predators - The top of the food chain.
Give an example of an abiotic factor in an ecosystem.
ex: rocks, water, sand, dirt
What is a consumer? Give an example.
An organism that needs to eat to survive - Animals
What is a carnivore?
An animal that eats only animals/meat.
What unit is used to measure energy? (hint: it's on food/nutrition labels)
Calories
What is a biotic factor of an ecosystem?
All of the living organisms in an ecosystem.
What is a decomposer? Give an example.
An organism that decomposes (breaks down) dead material for energy - Fungus
What is an omnivore?
An animal that eats both plants and meat.
What do we call an organism that eats only other animals?
Carnivore (I would also accept predator)
Give an example of a biotic factor of an ecosystem.
ex: animals, plants, fungus
What is a predator? Give an example.
An animal that hunts other animals and eats them. Shark
Give an example of a predator-prey relationship
What is the process by which plants use sunlight to make food?
Photosynthesis