What contains all the organisms and their nonliving surrounding environment that contributes to the functioning of the ecosystem.
100
producers
what are plants called when they can use light from the sun as energy.
100
food web
What does an interconnected food chain form.
100
forest, and grasslands
what do land based ecosystems include.
100
continental shelf
What is the part of the continent located under the water called.
200
biotic factors
what is the living parts of an ecosystem called.
200
consumers
What are animals called when they cannot make there own food and have to eat plants or other animals.
200
predators
What is an animal that hunts another animal.
200
forest
What has many trees (with needles or with leaves) ,shrubs, grasses, and ferns, and a variety of animals.
200
trenches
What is the deepest part of a ocean basin called.
300
abiotic factors
What is the nonliving parts of an ecosystem called.
300
food chain
What is a series of plants and animals in witch each organism is a source of food (energy) for the next in the series.
300
prey
What is an animal that gets hunted by another animals.
300
grasslands
What is a thing that has fertile soil and are covered with tall grasses.
300
abyssal plains
What is flat area of the ocean basin called.
400
microorganisms
What are the living things that can be a single - celled or multi-celled organism that is too small to be seen without at least a 10 times magnifier called.
400
decomposers
What is a consumer called when they break down dead or decaying matter.
400
parasite
What is an organism that spends a significant portion of its life in or on a living host.