Parts of the Ecosystems
Earth's primary energy source.
What is the sun
Define Deforestation
The cutting down of native trees/forest
The way a plant gets its food.
It makes its own food through photosynthesis and energy from the sun
Harmful things humans do to ecosystems.
Deforestation, over hunting/fishing, pollution, putting carbon-dioxide into the air, littering
The ways people can protect the environment.
What is recycling, limiting fossil fuel use, and limiting the buying/consumption of products?
The biotic factors of a habitat.
Plants, animals, decomposers, insects
Any substance that damages the environment is called__________
What is pollution?
Define carnivore
An animal that only eats meat from other animals
Define producer
Producers: produce their own food through photosynthesis from the energy from the sun. These are always plants!
The abiotic factors of a habitat.
What are soil, air, water?
Define herbivore
An animal that only eats plants
Define omnivore
An animal that eats both plants and other animals
Consumers: consume other things (either plants or other animals) to gain energy, these are always animals!
What organism is making the most change to the planet? Explain
Humans!!
The interconnected way in which energy moves from one type of living thing to another in an ecosystem
What is the food web?
Define decomposers
Decomposers: break down dead organic material (plants or animals) to gain energy and return nutrients back to the soil to allow for new plants to grow.