Ecosystems 1
This is the source of all energy
What is the sun?
The living things in an ecosystem
What is biotic
Animals that eat other animals
What are predators?
All food chains begin with a ________
What is a producer
This ecosystem depends on rainfall and has full sun because of no or very few trees
What is the ocean ecosystem
The 3 classifications for organisms
What are producer, consumer, decomposer?
The non living things in an ecosystem
What is abiotic
Animals that are hunted to be eaten by other animals
What are prey?
These organisms don't fit in an exact place in a food chain.
What are decomposers?
This ecosystem has few trees because of limited rainfall and the temperature ranges from 0-100 degrees.
What is grasslands
Producers got their name because they are able to produce (make) their own _________
What is food?
This type of organism serves as a source of food and habitat for a parasite.
What is a host?
Space, food, shelter, and weather conditions impact on the population of a species are examples of
What are limiting factors?
In a food chain this type of consumer is an herbivore that eats plants.
What is a primary consumer
This ecosystem includes evergreens and rainforests. The soil is also very fertile.
What are forests.
This type of organism breaks down dead material and wastes.
What are decomposers?
This type of organism lives on the surface of or inside another organism and feeds on it
What is a parasite?
___________ are not prey or predators.
What are plants and trees?
In a food chain this type of consumer is a carnivore and eats meat
What are secondary consumers?
This ecosystem includes lakes, ponds, oceans, estuaries, and marshes
What is an aquatic ecosystem
Consumers get their energy by doing this
What is consuming/eating plants or other animals?
Tics are an example of a _____
What is parasite?
Foxes eat squirrels. What would happen to the squirrel population if the fox population decreased?
What is increase?
This is what you call a combination of food chains in a community
What are food webs?
This ecosystem is found in areas with freezing temperatures where there is much snow and ice.
What is an arctic ecosystem?