ecosystem
food chain
ecosystem vocabulary
Food chain vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100
What is an ecosystem?
Living and nonliving things living and working together.
100
what is a food chain?
shows how each animal gets food
100
What is the definition of a herbivore
an organism that only eats producers
100
What is a predator?
An animal that hunts for food
100
What is a food web?
Many food chains together
200
Give an example of an aquatic ecosystem
saltwater, marshes, estuaries, ponds, lakes, rivers
200
Make a food chain with these plants and animals
snake
insect
leaf
mouse
leaf -> insect -> mouse -> snake
leaf -> insect -> mouse -> snake
200
What is the definition of biotic?
Something that is living or was once alive
200
What is prey?
An animal that is eaten or hunted
200
What is this called
Food chain
300
Herons are birds that eat fish, Where would a heron most likely live?
near a marsh or a pond
300
Draw this food chain -
leaf, snake, worm, bird
leaf -> worm -> bird -> snake
leaf -> worm -> bird -> snake
300
What is the definition of abiotic?
Something that is NOT living
300
What is the definition of a omnivore
to organism that eats plants and animals
300
What is this?
food web
400
give an example of an ecosystem
ocean, rainforest, forest, desert
400
What is a mushrooms role in a food chain?
decomposer
400
What is the definition of a carnivore?
ton organism that eats only meat
400
What is the definition of an food chain
to model that shows one set of feeding relationships among living things
400
Give an example of an aquatic ecosystem
ocean
500
What are the two types of ecosystems?
land and water (terrestrial and aquatic)
500
If a pond became polluted what would happen to the fish population?
it would decrease
500
What is the definition of decay
to break down or wear away
500
What is the definition of a decompser
to consumer that breaks down the tissue of dead organisms
500
Give an example of a terrestrial biome
desert, rainforest, forest, tundra, taiga
600
What is the difference between oceans and estuaries?
estuaries have fewer living organism
600
What is the definition of an estuary?
the place where saltwater and freshwater meet and mix
600
What does endangered mean?
in danger of disappearing forever
600
What is the largest ecosystem on Earth?
Ocean
Ocean
700
What is the definition of extinct?
gone from the Earth forever