Ecosystems 1
any animal that eats meat- that's it
What is a carnivore?
any animal that eats mainly on plants; plant-eater
What is an herbivore?
what is an example of a producer?
what are plants?
An animal who eats both plants and animals
What is an omnivore?
Each population has a habitat that includes food, water, and __________.
shelter
plants
What is shelter?
All the living things in one area
What is a community?
any living thing that feeds on the waste of dead things, breaking them down into simpler forms and adding nutrients to the soil (ex: bacteria, worms, fungi)
What is a decomposer?
A living thing that makes it's own food and gets its energy directly from the sun
What is a producer?
Name two shelters animals use
Two things that can cause an ecosystem to change are ____ and ____.
people
rocks
environment
What is people and environment?
the living and nonliving things that surround a living thing
What is an ecosystem?
When one part of a food web changes, it affects _________ web.
the entire
some of the
What is the entire?
A living thing that gets its energy by eating other living organisms
What is a consumer?
Name a type of consumer
people or animals
Sun cactus flowers rabbit owl vulture
What is an example of a food chain?
all the living things of one kind that live in one area
What is an example of a population?
The movement of energy from one living thing to another living thing is called a __________.
community
food chain
What is food chain?
God uses __________ to keep the ecosystem in balance.
predators
prey
What are predators?
life
death
What is death?
2 characteristics of living things are ________ and ________.
reproduce
grow and develop
does not move
What is reproduce, grow and develop?