Vocabulary
all the nonliving things that surround a living thing
Environment
A living thing that makes its own food and gets its energy directly from the sun is called a?
Producer
God uses (this group) to keep the ecosystem in balance
Predators
Each population has a habitat that includes food, water, and what?
Shelter
When one part of a food web changes, it affects (this) web.
the entire
All the living things in one area
Community
A living thing that gets its energy by eating other living things as food is called a
consumer
At the fall, Adam's sin brought (this) into the world for the animals and all the people.
death
This eats both meat and plants
Omnivore
The movement of energy from one living thing to another living thing is called this?
food chain
All the living things of one kind that live in one area
Population
a living thing that helps break down dead things and wastes is called a
decomposer
2 things that can cause an ecosystem to change are?
people and environment
This eats only plants
Herbivore
DAILY DOUBLE!!! This question is worth double points:
There are many uses for the pine tree ecosystem. The spotted nutcracker is a bird that eats the seeds of pine trees. Pine needles are eaten by some butterflies nad moths. Many pine trees are used for lumber. After the trees are cut down, new young trees are planted. But pine beetles are killing many of the pine trees in this ecosystem.
The spotted nutcracker might not have enough seeds to eat. It may need to move to another ecosystem. There may not be enough pine needles for the butterflies and moths. They may also need to go to a new ecosystem. New trees may not grow in place of the pine trees that the beetles kill.
3 characteristics of living things are?
reproduce, grow and develop, and they
This eats only animals
Carnivore