Living & Nonliving
Are animals living or nonliving?
Living.
What is an ecosystem?
A place where living and nonliving things interact.
What is a food chain?
Shows how energy moves from one organism to another.
What do plants need to grow?
Sunlight, water, air, and soil.
Are plants biotic or abiotic?
Biotic.
Is water living or nonliving?
Nonliving.
Name one type of ecosystem.
Forest, ocean, desert, grassland, pond.
Who usually starts a food chain?
Plants (Originally the Sun)
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What do animals eat to get energy?
Plants or other animals.
Is sunlight biotic or abiotic?
Abiotic.
Name one living thing in a forest.
Trees, deer, birds, insects.
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What gives most ecosystems their energy?
The Sun.
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What do arrows show in a food chain?
Energy moving from one organism to another.
What is a herbivore?
An animal that eats plants.
Name two abiotic factors.
Water, sunlight, air, soil, temperature.
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Name two nonliving things in nature.
Sunlight, rocks, air, water.
What do animals need to survive in an ecosystem?
Food, water, shelter, and space.
What animal might eat a rabbit?
Fox, hawk, coyote.
What is a carnivore?
An animal that eats other animals.
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Name two biotic factors.
Plants, animals, fungi, bacteria.
What do we call living parts of an ecosystem?
Biotic factors.
What is a habitat?
The place where an organism lives.
What is a food web?
Many food chains connected together.
What is an omnivore?
An animal that eats plants and animals.
Why are abiotic factors important?
They help organisms survive.