Ecosystems 1
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something that makes food for itself
What is a producer?
100
An organism that uses sunlight to create its food
What is a producer
100
Fungi are on the food chain and they are responsible for ________________
What is breaking down decaying materials (decomposers)
100
Where does grass get its energy from and why?
From the sun, because it is a producer.
100
Where does a wolf get its energy from and why?
From smaller/primary consumers
100
The arrows in a food chain and food web represent....
What is the flow of energy?
200
something that eats something else for food
What is a consumer?
200
What type of organism is found at the beginning of all food chains?
Producers
200
bacteria, fungi, worms, ants, beetles, sow bugs
What are some examples of decomposers?
200
a system of overlapping food chains
What is a food web?
200
the flow of energy from a producer to one or more consumers. (ie: linked together by their feeding relationships)
What is a food chain?
200
What happens to a population of bunnies that has no predators?
The population increases.
300
Animals ____________ for food, water, territory, and mates.
What is a competition/compete?
300
Any living thing that feeds on the waste of dead bodies of other living things.
What is a decomposer?
300
living and nonliving things are parts that make this.
What are ecosystems?
300
Many of the same species is a...
What is a population?
300
At the start of a food chain; what are those organisms called
What are producers
300
In the a food web the mushroom and bacteria are....
What are decomposers?
400
the living and nonliving things and the ways they interact in an environment (ex: forest, wetland, desert)
What is an ecosystem?
400
What does a food web show?
How animals rely on each other in an environment to live. A series of food chains showing energy flow.
400
All energy flow flows in this.
What is a food web/food chain?
400
An animal that eats plants or other animals and does not make its own food.
What is a consumer?
400
Doubling a region’s human population would most likely change the environment by...
Building new homes, roads, etc.
400
What are 3 limiting factors for a population?
Food, water, space
500
Environmental changes happen all the time. Some of these changes are easy to spot. For example, the figure below shows a sign that you might see while riding along a road in many places.
What can you conclude about environmental changes after seeing this sign?
Humans can destroy habitats.
500
A mosquito sucking blood from a person is a
parasitic relationship
500
What part of an ecosystem are a swarm of bees?
What is a population?
500
Three types of organisms in an ecosystem.
What are producers, consumers, and decomposers?
500
something that is being hunted
prey
500
a bird flying south for the winter is an example of a _________ adaptation
behavioral