Ecosystem Basics
An ecosystem is made up of these two main things: living and ________ things.
What are nonliving?
This green plant part helps plants make their own food.
What is a leaf?
This is the source of energy for all food chains.
What is the Sun?
This ecosystem is hot and dry, with very little rain, and is home to cacti and camels.
What is a desert?
Picking up trash and recycling are ways to help protect this.
What is the enviroment?
The living parts of an ecosystem, like plants and animals, are called ________.
What are biotic factors?
Animals that eat only plants are called this.
What are herbivores?
This term describes animals that hunt other animals for food.
What are predators?
This cold ecosystem is covered in ice and snow and is home to polar bears and penguins.
What is the Arctic?
Cutting down too many trees can harm forests. This is called ________.
What is deforestation?
Nonliving parts of an ecosystem, like sunlight and water, are called ________.
This word describes animals like lions that eat only other animals.
What are carnivores?
These organisms break down dead plants and animals and return nutrients to the soil.
What are decomposers?
This habitat is warm and rainy all year and has many trees and animals like monkeys and parrots.
What is a rainforest?
This is the term for protecting animals and plants from being harmed.
What is conservation?
This is the name for a group of the same type of animals living together in an ecosystem.
What is a population?
These animals eat both plants and other animals.
What are omnivores?
This is the name for an animal that is eaten by another animal.
What is prey?
A grassy ecosystem with few trees, found in Africa, where lions and zebras live.
What is a savanna?
A species that is at risk of disappearing forever is called this.
What is endangered?
All the different plants and animals living together in one place make up this.
What is a community?
The process of animals moving from one place to another during certain times of the year.
What is migration?
A food chain shows how this moves through an ecosystem.
What is energy?
This wet habitat is found where rivers meet the ocean and is home to animals like crabs and fish.
What is an estuary?
Planting new trees to replace ones that were cut down is called ________.
What is reforestation?