Consumers
An animal that naturally preys on others
What is a Predator
An organism towards the bottom of the food chain that has the ability to make its own food. Example: plants
What is a producer
The _________________ is the start of energy in all food chains/webs
What is the Sun
An ecosystem is....
What is an environment with many populations of living things in a specific region or place and these organisms are all interconnected
Collection of raw data outside a laboratory, library, or workplace setting
What is a field study
An animal that is hunted and killed by another for food
What is prey
A process used by plants and other organisms convert light energy into chemical energy that can later be released to fuel the organism’s activities
What is photoysynthesis
What is: Where the energy is going or Who is doing the eating
Organisms that are normally found in the environment
What is a Native Species
A living thing in an ecosystem is called _____________ factor.
Biotic factors
An organism that generally obtains food by feeding on other organisms. EX: animals
What is a consumer
A producer gets its energy from the ____________
What is the sun
_____________________ are at the start of any food chain/web
What is a producer
An animal or plant species that can be used to infer conditions in a particular habitat
What is an Indicator Species
The actions between 2 or more organisms that have an effect on each other.
What is an interaction
an organism that lives inside or on another living organism in order to survive. The parasite benefits from this relationship while it causes harm to the host.
What is a parasite
List 3 examples of a producer
What are: plants, trees, and algae
Explain what is means to directly affect an organism in a food chain
What is a consumer directly eating another organism for a source of energy
All the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country.
What is a population
List the 4 major functions an organism carry-out in order to live.
eating, drinking, movement, reproduction
An organism that only eats dead organisms or waste
What is a decomposer
Hydroponics is ________________________________________________________________________________________
What is the process of growing plants in liquid, with added nutrients but without soil.
Explain what is means to indirectly affect an organism in a food chain
You indirectly have eaten an organism that is in the stomach of the organism that you directly ate
A habitat is .........
What is the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism
Nonliving components of the environment.
What is abiotic factors