This ecosystem gets very little rainfall. Its soil is sandy and lacks nutrients.
DESERT
100
This is a living thing, such as a plant or animal.
BIOTIC
100
Organism that uses energy from the Sun to make their own food. (ex. plant)
PRODUCERS
100
Groups of organisms of the SAME species.
(ex. Boys & Girls)
POPULATION
100
Carnivores that eat animals that are already dead.
(ex. Vultures)
SCAVENGERS
200
This ecosystem receives a lot of rainfall and warm sunshine. Thousands of species of plants and animals can be found here.
RAINFOREST
200
This are non-living thing, such as rocks, dirt, and soil.
ABIOTIC
200
Organisms that MUST get energy by eating other organisms.
CONSUMERS
200
A ________ is made up of ALL THE POPULATIONS that live in the same areas.
COMMUNITY
200
Consumers that eat both plants and animals.
(ex. Humans)
OMNIMORES
300
This ecosystem usually are flat or have rolling hills.
GRASSLANDS
300
Organisms need this to grow and develop. Plants get this from the sunlight, and animals get this by eating plants or other animals.
WHAT IS ENERGY?
300
Consumers that eat only plants. (ex. Deer, rabbits, elephants)
HERBIVORES
300
Organisms home.
HABITAT
300
Organism doing the hunting? Organism being hunted?
PREDATOR / PREY
400
This ecosystem contains trees that lose their leaves. Animals such as bears, rabbits, snakes, and owls live there.
DECIDUOUS TREES
400
These are materials in food and soil that organisms need for energy and for growth.
NUTRIENTS
400
Consumers that eat only other animals. (ex. Sharks, lions, wolves)
CARNIVORES
400
Organisms lifestyle. (ex. What it eats, where it lives, it's behavior, etc)
NICHE
400
1. Shows the path of energy as it flows from one organism to the next.
2. Diagram of several connected food chains.
1. FOOD CHAIN
2. FOOD WEB
500
Bodies of water found in areas where freshwater and saltwater meet.
ESTUARIES
500
Term used for all things that are either living or non-living.
ORGANISM
500
Organisms that get energy by breaking down nutrients in DEAD animals. They return nutrients to the ecosystem.
(ex. Fungi, bacteria, termites, earthworms)
DECOMPOSERS
500
When one populations competes and eats more resources such a food, water, shelter than the other population.
THE WEAKER POPULATION WILL DIE OUT.
500
Name 3 different ways humans affect the environment.