Ecosystem Basics
This is all the living and nonliving things in an area working together.
Ecosystem
Organisms that make their own food using sunlight.
(producers, consumers, or decomposers)
Producers
A behavior or body part that helps an organism survive.
Adaptation
A large region with similar climate, plants, and animals.
Biome
Biomes that are found in water.
Aquatic Biomes
These are the nonliving parts of an ecosystem like water, sunlight, and soil.
(Abiotic or Biotic)
Abiotic
Organisms that eat other organisms for energy.
(producers, consumers, or decomposers)
Consumers
This adaptation helps a rabbit blend into its environment.
Camouflauge
This hot and dry biome gets very little rainfall.
Desert
The largest aquatic biome that covers most of Earth’s surface.
Ocean
These are the living parts of an ecosystem like plants and animals.
(Abiotic or Biotic)
Biotic
This shows how energy moves from one organism to another in a SIMPLE path.
Food chain
Birds flying south for the winter is an example of this.
Migration
This cold biome has freezing temperatures and very few trees.
Tundra
A small, still body of freshwater that is usually smaller than a lake.
A pond
The original source of energy for most ecosystems.
The sun
This shows many connected food chains in an ecosystem.
Food web
Is the thick fur on a polar bear a physical adaptation?
Yes
This biome has four seasons and trees that lose their leaves in fall.
Deciduous Forest
Alligators and herons often live in this tree-filled wetland.
Swamp
A group of the same kind of organisms living in the same place.
Organisms that break down dead plants and animals.
(producers, consumers, or decomposer)
Decomposer
When plants grow deeper roots during a drought is this an example of behavioral adaptation?
Yes
This biome has tall grasses, few trees, and is home to animals like bison.
This watery area where freshwater and saltwater mix is often found along the coast.
Estuary