Ecosystem 1
An organism that eats meat
What is a carnivore?
An organism that provides most of the energy for an ecosystem.
What is a producer?
In a food web, the mushrooms and bacteria are...
What are decomposers?
any living thing that feeds on both plants and animals
What is an omnivore?
Vulture is eating a dead animal it is a
What is a scavenger
The process by which organisms create their own food and give off oxygen
What is photosynthesis?
Many of the same species in an ecosystem.
What is a population?
An organism that eats something else for food.
What is a consumer?
An organism that feeds on dead and decaying organisms
What are scavengers?
Plants use this process to turn light into chemical energy
What is photosynthesis?
In a food web, what are the highest predators called?
What are apex predators?
A model connecting many food chains
What is a food web?
Air, soil, water, temperature, and the Sun are all ......
What are abiotic factors?
The role that an organism plays in the ecosystem is called...Animals in an ecosystem must ____________ for food, water, territory, and mates.
What is a niche?
Any living thing that feeds on the waste of dead bodies of other living things.
What is a decomposer?
bacteria, fungi, worms, ants, beetles, sow bugs
What are some examples of decomposers?
Arrows in a food web and food chain show
What is energy flow?
At the bottom of the food pyramid, what are those organisms called
What are producers
In this model, each energy level is clearly modeled.
What is the energy pyramid?
Plants and animals.
What are biotic factors?
When organisms in an ecosystem go through a drought, they might
What is die or migrate to find water?
On the energy pyramid, the organism that eats the producer
What are primary consumers?
Living and nonliving factors in a limited area
What are ecosystems?
Living organisms in an ecosystem are called...
What is biotic?
An animal that eats plants or other animals and does not make its own food.
What is a consumer?
An area that is suitable for a particular organism to live in is called....
What is a habitat?
All the populations living in one place at a given time.
What is Community?
An organism that uses energy from the sun to produce its own food.
What is a producer?
Animals in an ecosystem must ____________ for food, water, territory, and mates.
What is compete?
The study of how organisms interact with each other, how they are affected by their environment. and how they, affect the environment that they live in.
What is ecology?
If 5000 Calories are available to the 1st trophic level, how many Calories of energy will be passed to the quaternary consumer?
0.5 Calories
When organisms lose most of their food, they can
What is migrate or die?
The sphere of the earth that includes all living things
What is the biosphere?
A goldfish, a swan, a bacteria,
What is an organism?