Ecosystem Basics
What is an ecosystem?
A place where living and nonliving things interact
Are animals living or nonliving?
Living
What is a food chain?
It shows how animals get energy from food
What do plants need to grow?
Sunlight, water, air, and soil
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Are plants biotic or abiotic?
Biotic
Name one type of ecosystem.
Forest, ocean, desert, grassland, pond
Is water living or nonliving?
Nonliving
Who usually starts a food chain?
Plants
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What do animals eat to get energy?
Plants or other animals
Is sunlight biotic or abiotic?
Abiotic
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What gives most ecosystems their energy?
The Sun
Name one living thing in a forest.
Trees, deer, birds, insects
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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
What do animals need to survive in an ecosystem?
Food, water, shelter, and space
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Name one nonliving thing in nature.
Sunlight, rocks, air, water
What animal might eat a rabbit?
Fox, hawk, coyote
What is a carnivore?
An animal that eats other animals
Name two biotic factors.
Plants, animals, fungi, bacteria
What is a habitat?
The place where an organism lives
What do we call living parts of an ecosystem?
Biotic factors
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