ers and ores
living thing that makes its own food
producer
transfer of energy from one organism to another by eating or being eaten
food chain
alligator
wetlands/swamp
a food chain always begins with this
sunlight
producer
make or produce own food
a living thing that breaks down dead plants and animals
decomposer
area or place where an organism lives in an ecosystem
habitat
giraffe
grasslands
what are the animals needs that travel through a food chain
nutrients and minerals
consumer
eat producers and other consumers
a living thing that eats other living things
consumer
all the members of one species that live in an area of an ecosystem
population
arctic fox
tundra
what will change if a population of animals dies from a disease
the food chain
decomposer
break down plant and animal waste
a consumer that eats only plants
herbivore
all the living and non-living things in an environment and how they interact
ecosystem
coyote and cactus
desert
2 primary factors that make ecosystems different
climate and soil
decomposers are important to the food chain because they provide
nutrients for plants
a consumer that eats only animals
carnivore
system of overlapping food chains in which the flow of energy branches out in many directions
food web
wildebeast
savannah
all living things have the ability to
respond to the environment
if one component is removed from an ecosystem it would become
unbalanced because all living things depend on other living things to survive