Vocabulary
Hodge Podge
Ecosystems
Energy in an Ecosystem
Decay
100
Name the organism that eats only plants.
What is the herbivore.
100
Ecosystems are made up of these two parts.
What are living and non-living things.
100
Name 3 different ecosystems we studied.
What is desert, tundra, grassland, forest, tropical rainforest, swamps and marshes, or oceans.
100
All energy in an ecosystem comes from this source.
What is the sun.
100
This is another word for decay.
What is rotting.
200
This is all living and non-living things and the ways they interact together.
What is an ecosystem.
200
This type of organism eats only meat
What is a carnivore.
200
This ecosystem contains permafrost.
What is the tundra.
200
An organism that eats another organism is called this.
What is a consumer.
200
This is what happens when something decays.
What is it breaks down and puts nutrients and minerals back inot the soil.
300
A specific role or job of an organism in an ecosystem is this.
What is a niche.
300
A human would be classified as this type of consumer.
What is an omnivore.
300
There are many brightly colored organisms in this ecosystem.
What is the Tropical Rainforest.
300
The second level consumer in a food chain can be either one of these two types of consumers.
What is a omnivore or a carnivore.
300
This is released into the air when somethng is decaying.
What is carbon dioxide.
400
One kind or type os species in an ecosystem is called this.
What is a population.
400
This is the part of a food chain that has the most energy.
What is the producer.
400
This type of ecosystem an be coniferious or deciduious.
What is the forest.
400
This organism is a lazy hunter in the food chain.
What is a scavenger.
400
Give an example of an organism that would be a decomposer in the forest.
What is beetle, mushroom, earthworm or any other acceptable answer.
500
All of the populations that live together form this.
What is a community.
500
This is the difference between a fod chain and a food web.
What is a food chain shows one way of what eats what and a food web shows many overlapping food chains. A food web goes in all different directions.
500
The temperature varies greatly in this ecosystem, hot in the day and cold at night.
What is the Desert.
500
This is the most impotant part of a food chain because it starts the food chain all over.
What is the decomposer.
500
Name the 3 factors that affect decay.
What is temperature, eposure to oxygen, and exposure to moisture.
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