Habitats
What is a habitat?
A place where an organism lives.
What is a producer?
An organism that makes its own energy/food.
What is a consumer?
An organism that eats other organisms to gain energy.
What is a decomposer?
An organism that breaks down plants and animals.
What is a food chain?
A sequence that shows how energy moves througha habitat.
What type of habitat is snowy?
The Arctic or Tundra
What is a producer's source of food?
The sun or sunlight.
Provide an example of a consumer.
Cat, dog, horse, people, cow, lion.
Provide an example of a decomposer.
A mushroom, a beetle, an earthworm
What indicates the flow of energy in a food chain?
Arrows.
Which habitat is underwater?
The ocean, a coral reef
What is a type of producer found in water?
Algea
True or false - consumers eat only meat to survive.
False - they can be plant eaters too
Why are decomposers important in a habitat?
They keep the habitat clean by breaking down the dead animals and plants.
What does a food chain always start with?
A producer.
What are the 5 necessities a habitat must provide for organisms to survive?
Air, water, food, space, and shelter.
Which producer is found in the desert?
Cactus
Why are consumers important in a habitat?
They regulate other animal and plant populations to keep the balance
What would happen if there were no decomposers in a habitat?
Leaves, dead plants and animals would pile up and not be broken down.
Give an example of a food chain.
Algea, a turtle, a crocodile
What is an organism?
A living thing.
Why are producers important?
They keep the habitat balanced and feed the consumers.
What is balance in a habitat?
When organisms interact with each other and keep the environment stable and healthy.
How do decomposers help producers?
Decomposers put nutrients in the soil from the dead animals and plants for the producers.
Why are food chains important?
They show how organisms in an ecosystem depend on each other for survival.