Organisms/Environment
What is a single Organism in an Environment called?
What is an Individual
Every population has a place where it lives in a ecosystem, what is this called?
What is a habitat
Together, a community and its physical environment make up an
What is a ecosystem
an organism that makes its own food
What is a producer
How might the lack of sunlight disrupt a food web?
The producers would be prevented from producing nutrients
Individuals of the same kind living in the same environment make up an
What is a population
An organisms role in a ecosystem
What is a niche
______ eats other consumers
What is a second, third level consumer
an organism in a community that must eat to get its energy
What is a Consumer
Identify and name the three components of a food chain
Producer-produces food
Consumer-Eats to get energy
Decomposer-Breaks down dead animals
All of the populations of organisms living together in an environment make up an
What is a community
What is the role of producers in a environment?
To make food
Animals depending on others for survival is called?
What is interdependence
Consumer that breaks down the tissue of dead organisms
What is a decomposer
Name three factors that could limit the types of plants and animals that live in a ecosystem
Any limiting factors
What is the relationship of a population to a community?
Different populations make up a community.
What role do you play in a food web?
What is a consumer
Environmental factors that limit growth are called?
What is limiting factors
Describe an Energy Pyramid
Shows the amount of energy available to pass from one level of the food chain to the next
What benefits do decomposers provide for an ecosystem?
By breaking down dead plants and animals, they return valuable nutrients to the soil.
How much energy is stored and how much is passed on to the next level in an energy pyramid?
Stored-90%
Passed-10%
Decomposers break down dead organisms and return materials back to the soil. What is an example of a decomposer?
What is Mushroom, bacteria
What is the number of individuals in a certain area called?
What is population density
______ shows the interactions among many different food chains in a single ecosystem
What is food web
How might limiting factors create population density?
Can prevent populations growing in ecosystems.