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