What is a living thing that makes its own food from sunlight, air, and soil?
Producer
100
What is the name of all living things, like plants and animals called? They use the resources in an ecosystem.
Organism
100
The source of all energy comes from the sun.
True
100
Name a decomposer that has appeared in some of your classmates terrariums.
Mold
100
Name the two parts of an ecosystem.
Living and nonliving.
200
What is a living thing that cannot make its own food?
Consumer
200
This shows how energy is passed on from one living thing to the next. It shows the feeding habits of different animals that live together in an ecosystem.
Food Web/Chain
200
The "terra" part of terrarium means 'habitat'.
False-"Terra" refers to land.
200
Name the two consumers in your terrarium.
Cricket and pillbug.
200
How might a decrease in water affect an ecosystem?
Without enough water plants will die off, causing insects to lose their food source as well as some animals. Also, if there is a shortage of water, animals may move and find other water sources.
300
What is a living thing that gets energy by breaking down dead plants and animals?
Decomposers
300
This is a type of consumer that eats only plants.
Herbivore
300
A worm is actually a type of decomposer.
True
300
Name the three producers in your terrarium.
Grass, mustard, alfalfa.
300
How do populations interact in an ecosystem. Explain and be specific.
They depend on one another to survive-food chain.
400
This word refers to all the living things in an ecosystem.
Community
400
This is a type of consumer that eats only meat.
Carnivore
400
An ecosystem is an area that is only made up of living organisms.
False-an ecosystem is made up living and non-living parts.
400
Name the five living parts of your terrarium.
Grass, mustard plant, alfalfa plant, cricket, and pillbug.
400
What does 'climate' mean and how can it affect an ecosystem?
Climate deals with a regions temperature and weather patterns over a given period of time. Too much water can cause flooding, killing off plants and animals. Not enough water can cause drought, also killing off plants and animals. Also, during certain seasons some animals migrate or hibernate.
500
What is all of one specific kind of organism living in a community called?
Population
500
This is a type of consumer that eats both plants and animals.
Omnivore
500
During the process of photosynthesis plants use light energy from the sun to help fuel their food source.
True
500
Name the five non-living parts of your terrarium.
Gravel, soil, air, water, and sunlight.
500
Place these in the correct order in which they would appear in a food chain.
snake, hawk, cricket, grass, mouse, sun