Ecosystems 1
An organism that eats meat
What is a Carnivore
An organism that uses sunlight to create its food
What is a producer
any animal that feeds mainly on plants; plant-eater
What is a herbivore?
Bears, humans, raccoons, many birds are this type of organism, based specifically on which foods they eat
What is an omnivore?
an organism that hunts, kills, and eats other organisms
What is a predator
A plant's source of energy
What is sun?
Relationship between 2 organisms where both get something good.
What is mutualism?
An animal that feeds on dead and decaying animals
What are scavengers?
Plants use this process to turn light into chemical energy
What is photosynthesis?
In a food web the mushroom and bacteria are....
What are decomposers?
Where all organisms energy can be traced back to in a food web
What is the Sun?
What is parasitism?
Animals that only eat plants
What are herbivores?
If all the plants died in an ecosystem this would eventually happen to all the animals.
What is die also?
bacteria, fungi, worms, ants, beetles, sow bugs
What are some examples of decomposers?
Food chains that is interconnected/overlaps in a particular ecosystem
What is a food web?
At the bottom of the food pyramid, what are those organisms called
What are producers
What happens to energy when you move through the different trophic levels
The energy level goes down
The relationship between 2 organisms where 1 gets something good and 1 is not affected
What is commensalism?
The living and nonliving things and the ways they interact in an environment (ex: redwood forest, swamp, Mojave Desert)
What is an ecosystem?
Organisms that come from somewhere else, but start to take over the natural ecosystem
What are invasive species?
The 3 things plants need for photosynthesis
What are water, carbon dioxide and Sun?
The living things (plants & animals) in an ecosystem are called...
What are organisms?
An animal that eats plants or other animals and does not make its own food.
What is a consumer (omnivore)?
An area that is suitable for a particular organism to live in is called....
What is a habitat?
The relationship between a dog and a flea?
What is parasitism?
Organisms that eat both plants and animals
What is an omnivore?
Organisms that are supposed to live in a certain ecosystem
What is a native species?
Why things got better in Yellowstone when the wolves came back to the ecosystem.
What is the balance of nature?
Animals that get its energy from producers
What is a consumer (herbivore)?
This terrestrial biome contains the most diversity of plants and animals
What is the Tropical Rainforest?
These are 2 examples of Ohio invasive species.
What are zebra muscles, gobi fish, ...
Which shows a food chain in a natural community?
1. producer herbivore carnivore
2. producer herbivore producer
3. consumer herbivore carnivore
4. consumer producer carnivore
1. producer herbivore carnivore