Ecosystems 1
something that produces food for itself
What is a producer?
any animal that feeds mainly on plants; plant-eater
What is a herbivore?
A Living thing
What is an organism?
The arrows in a food chain and food web represent....
What is the flow of energy?
Cheetah, Shark, T.Rex
What is a carnivore?
Animal that eats both plants and animals
What is an omnivore?
Animals ____________ for food, water, territory, and mates.
What is competition?
Three types of organisms in an ecosystem.
What are producers, consumers, and decomposers?
a system of overlapping food chains
What is a food web?
What animals do when there is a lack of resources in an ecosystem.
What is MAD (Migrate, Adapt, Die)?
What is a biotic factor?
A herd of buffalo in a safari.
What is a population?
a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water
What is a drought?
Building highways
What is a human change to an ecosystem?
non-living components of an ecosystem such as sunlight, air and water
What is an abiotic factor?
Plants use this process to turn light into chemical energy
What is photosynthesis
All energy flows in this.
What is a food chain or food web?