Ecosystems:
The Basics
The Basics
I am what happens when living and nonliving things interact in an environment.
What is an ecosystem?
All living things need energy in an ecosystem…
True or False
True
________ hunt other organisms.
Predators
I show how energy passes on from one organism to another in an ecosystem…
What is a food chain?
The Earth has many different types of ecosystems…
True or False
True
There could only be one consumer in an food chain or food web?
True or False
False
Organisms hunt their _____
Prey
Most food chains begin with the _______
Living things get food, water, and shelter from __________ in their ecosystem...
Habitat
I am an organism that makes its own food…
I am the beginning of a food chain or food web.
What is a producer?
I am an organism that only eats plants…
What is a herbivore?
Several connected food chains form a…
What is a food web?
Rocks, minerals, soil, water, air, and sunlight are examples of…
What are nonliving resources?
I am an organism that eats other organisms…
What is a consumer?
I am consumer who only eats meat (other animals)…
What is a carnivore?
All food chains have one consummer?
True or false?
Plants, animals, bacteria, and algae are examples of...
What are living resources?
I am an organism that breaks down dead plants and animal material…
I also release nutrients into the soil...
What is a decomposer?
I am a consumer that eats both plants and meat (other animals)…
What is a omnivore?
I am the last part of the food chain...
What is a decomposer?