Vocabulary
What is a Producer?
An organism that makes it own food
What is an ecosystem?
All the living and nonliving things that exist and interact in one place
What do all living things need to stay alive?
Energy
What is an adaptation?
A physical or behavioral feature that helps it survive
What is an animal that only eats other animals?
A Carnivore
What do all the living things in an ecosystem make up?
A community
Describe prey and predator
Prey is being hunted (the food)
Predator is doing the hunting (eating what they catch)
What does extinction mean?
When the last member of a species has died
What is a population?
All of the organisms of the same kind that live in an ecosystem
How is a population and community related?
A community is made up of different populations
What are the different kinds of consumers? BONUS if you can explain what each one is- teams have the option to steal the bonus even if the main question was answered correctly
Herbivore: an animal that only eats plants
Carnivore: an animal that eats other animals
Omnivore: eats plants and animals
Why are some animals camouflage?
To protect themselves by looking like their surroundings, this can be for hunting or for hiding
What is an environment?
Everything that surrounds and affects a living thing
What do plants and animals need to live and grow?
Nonliving things
In every ecosystem there are producers, consumers, and decomposers. What do each one mean?- MUST GET ALL RIGHT FOR THE POINTS
Producer: a living thing that makes it own food- plants
Consumer: eats plants or animals that eat plants- animals
Decomposer: an organism that breaks down the remains of dead animals
What is an animal that hibernates?
Bear- sleeps all winter to save energy
What is the definition of photosynthesis
Plants use energy from sunlight to make food
What are abiotic and biotic factors? Why are they important?
Abiotic: all of the nonliving factors that affect an ecosystem
Biotic: all the living components of an ecosystem
They are important because they work together to help an ecosystem survive
A food chain shows the path of food energy and a food web is tow or more food chains that overlap.
What is it called when some animals have bright colors that makes it easy for other animals to see them?
Warning coloration