Ecosystems
What is an ecosystem?
All of the living and non-living things in one place.
What are the three links in the food chain?
Producer, Consumer, Decomposer
Producers get their energy from the ___________.
A _______________ shows how different food chains in a community are linked together.
Food web
What is in the geosphere?
Ground, dirt, etc.
A group of organisms of only one kind is a ___________.
Species
Name two producers.
Answers vary
What type of animal is usually at the top of an energy pyramid?
The predator or animal with smallest population.
An animal that eats both plants and animals.
Omnivore
What is in the Biosphere?
Life
What do ecosystems need in order to maintain itself?
Biodiversity
Name two decomposers
Answers vary (Fungi, mold, bacteria, worms, beetles, etc.)
Where do decomposers get their energy?
Breaking down dead plant or animal matter.
An animal that gets its energy from plants.
Herbivore
What is in the Hydrosphere?
Water
In an ecosystem, _______________ work together.
organisms
Name two consumers.
Answers vary.
What shows the path of food energy in an ecosytem?
An animal that gets its energy from eating other animals.
Carnivore
What is in the Atmosphere?
Air
A physical or behavioral feature that helps an organism survive in a habitat?
Adaptations
_____________ can't produce their own food.
Consumers and decomposers
The process in which plants make their own food.
Photosynthesis
What is a biome?
A region with certain climate and living things.
What two gases make up majority Earth's atmosphere?
Oxygen and Nitrogen