Ecosystem
True or false: Each ecosystem is the same.
False. Each ecosystem is different.
True or false: A prey hunts for food.
False. A prey is hunted by another living thing.
Example: Eagle hunts for a mouse.
True
What is a community?
A community is made of all of the living things in an ecosystem and they work together.
True or false: Photosynthesis requires materials from the environment to make food.
True
An ecosystem is made of the living and nonliving things and they work together.
What gives living things energy?
Food - All living things need food to grow and be healthy.
What is something a herbivore would eat?
Any producer (plants, bushes, etc.)
What is a population? Give an example
A population is made of a specific living thing.
Example: dogs, people, lions, etc.
Photosynthesis uses energy from the ______ to make food.
Sun
sun, soil, water, air
What is a producer? Give an example of a producer.
A producer makes their own food to get energy. Examples: plants, trees, and bushes.
What do omnivores eat?
Animals and plants
What does a population need to do if it can't get what it needs? What will happen if it doesn't do something?
It needs to move or it will die out.
Photosynthesis provides what for humans? (hint: its a gas)
Oxygen
Give 2 examples of an ecosystem.
Tundra, marina (salt water,) grassland, savanna, desert
Can consumers make their own food? If not, how do they get their energy?
Consumers cannot make their own food. They get their energy by eating other living things (plants or animals.)
What can change a food web?
The less food there is, the more ___________. Animals compete for ________.
competition, survival
How is energy transferred from a plant to an animal?
An animal eats a plant and gets the energy that is stored. If the animal gets eaten, the energy is transferred again.
What three types of ecosystems can you most likely find in Pennsylvania?
Wetlands, forests, fresh water
What is a decomposer? Give an example of one.
A decomposer is a living thing that breaks down dead things for food. Mushrooms and Earthworms are examples.
How is a food chain similar to a food web? How are they different?
A food chain and food web are similar because they are showing a path of food. They are different because a food chain only shows one path. A food web shows overlapping food chains or many different paths.
What three things can change an ecosystem?
Climate, disasters (fires, volcanic eruptions, droughts, floods,) people or animals.
What is the sugar called that plants make to get energy?
Glucose