Roles in Ecosystems
A living thing that uses sunlight to make sugar (like plants).
what is producers?
Shows the flow of energy from the sun, to a producer, to consumers in a single path.
What is a food chain?
A place where living things and non-living things interact with each other.
What is an ecosystem?
An animal that only eats producers (plants).
What is an herbivore?
Any organism that is capable of growth and reproduction.
What is a living thing? (or biotic factor)
Any organism that needs to find food in order to survive.
What is a consumer?
Shows the flow of energy through all living things in an interconnected ecosystem.
What is a food web?
An animal's natural home in an ecosystem.
What is a habitat?
An animal that only eats other animals.
What is a carnivore?
Anything that is not alive and never was alive in an environment.
What is a non-living thing? (or abiotic factor)
An organism that breaks down dead plant and animal material.
what is a decomposer?
The process plants use to make food (sugar) by using light, water, and carbon dioxide.
What is photosynthesis?
The total number of specific organisms found in an ecosystem.
What is a population?
An animal that eats both producers (plants) and other consumers (animals).
What is an omnivore?
Air, water, and soil are primary examples of these components in an ecosystem.
What are non-living things? (abiotic factors)
Any animal that will eat animals that it did not kill itself.
What is a scavenger?
The primary ultimate source of energy that fuels photosynthesis in plants.
What is the sun (or sunlight)?
Substances found in the air, water, or soil which are harmful to living things.
What is pollution?
This type of consumer feeds directly on primary producers.
What is an herbivore?
Plants, animals, and fungi represent this category of ecosystem factors.
What are living things? (biotic factors)
Plants are the main example of this type of organism that creates food from light.
What is a producer?
The substance that plants produce during photosynthesis to store energy.
What is sugar (or food)?
Scientists call "living things" and "non-living things" these terms.
What are biotic and abiotic factors?
A consumer that hunts and feeds exclusively on other meat sources.
What is a carnivore?
Harmful materials introduced into ecosystems that threaten both living and non-living resources.
What is pollution?