Vocabulary
Animals that eat other animals or plants to get energy.
Consumers
Animals that eat only meat.
Carnivores
An organism that eats secondary consumers
Tertiary consumers
All ecosystems are the same size. (T or F)
False
The 3 factors needed for photosynthesis to occur
sun, water, carbon dioxide
All living things are called _______.
Organisms
Animals that eat only plants.
Herbivores
Which is a primary consumer?
rabbit, snake, coyote, grass
rabbit
Non-living things are called __________.
abiotic
This causes leaves to be green.
chlorophyll
An organism that does not belong in an ecosystem is called ______.
Invasive species
Animals that eat meat and plants.
Omnivores
Which is not a consumer?
rabbit, tree, human, bacteria
tree
Is algae biotic or abiotic?
biotic
The 2 products of photosynthesis
oxygen and glucose
A community of living organisms that interact with one another.
ecosystem
Which consumers are always herbivores?
Primary Consumers
These organisms break down dead consumers.
decomposers
Animals that feed on the bodies of dead organisms.
scavengers
Name 2 ways humans benefit from photosynthesis.
oxygen and food
Organisms that create their own food.
Producers
Which type of consumer is at the top of the food chain and is never hunted?
Apex Predator
A network of interconnected food chains
food web
Is wind biotic or abiotic?
abiotic
Photosynthesis turns light energy into ________ energy.
chemical