Biotic or Abiotic
A nonliving part of an ecosystem.
What is abiotic factor?
A food chain shows how each living thing gets this.
Energy
An animal that eats producers only
What is herbivore?
An organism that gets its energy by turning sunlight into food.
What is producer?
What is the source of all of our energy?
The Sun
The Sun
Abiotic
The first LIVING organism in every food chain is this.
What is a Producer?
An organism that eats both plants and animals.
What are omnivores?
Fill in the blank:
If you have to eat to live, you are a __________.
Consumer
Another word for a living thing. (noun)
What is an organism?
An Oak tree
Biotic
Predator or Prey?
The energy arrow always points in her direction.
Predator
An organism that eats other consumers ONLY.
Carnivore
The key phrase that distinguishes a Decomposer from a regular consumer
breaks down
What bodies of water have fresh water ecosystems?
Rivers, Lakes, & Ponds
Water
Abiotic
True or False:
All apex predators are meat eaters.
True
The 3 types of organisms found in ecosystems.
What are producers, consumers, and decomposers?
The process of plants producing food/energy from sunlight.
Photosynthesis
Once you've read your test question, THIS is the first thing you should do.
Identify key terms and phrases.
Bacteria
Biotic
The apex predator only gives energy to THESE organisms once they die.
What are DECOMPOSERS?
Name 3 organisms that are omnivores.
(Mrs. Hodge will validate.)
The place where a plant or animal naturally lives and grows.
What is habitat?
Except for Plankton, all producers are THESE.
Plants