Ecosystems 1
An organism that uses sunlight to create its food
producer
any animal that feeds mainly on plants; plant-eater
herbivore
What is evaporation?
Changing water to a gas in the water cycle.
an organism that hunts, kills, and eats other organisms
predator
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An organism that eats meat
Carnivore
Plants use this process to turn light into chemical energy
photosynthesis
In a food web the mushroom and bacteria are....
decomposers
the flow of energy from a producer to one or more consumers. (ie: linked together by their feeding relationships)
food chain
Main source of energy
Sun
Any living thing that feeds on the waste of dead bodies of other living things, breaking down the living thing into minerals
decomposer
bacteria, fungi, worms, ants, beetles, sow bugs
decomposers
Food chains that is interconnected/overlaps in a particular ecosystem like a spider web?
food web
At the bottom of the food pyramid, what are those organisms called
producers
Air, water, and the Sun are all ......
abiotic factors
something that eats something else for food
Consumer
give an example of a symbiotic relationship
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Living organisms in an ecosystem are called...
What is biotic?
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a consumer
An area that is suitable for a particular organism to live in and thrive is called....
habitat
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Biodiversity
An animal that eats plants or other animals and does not make its own food.
omnivore or consumer
an animal that is not originally meant to be in an ecosystem
The academic vocabulary word in this unit that means an organism helps the ecosystem in some way; opposite of harmful
beneficial
a natural occurrence that affects and ecosystem because of prolonged shortage of water
drought
What date was Mrs. Nilsson born on? Extra 100 points if you guess the correct year.
Hint: She just had a birthday.
March 7, 1960