Vocabulary
A producer is an organism that _______________
Food chains show the flow of ______ through an ecosystem.
Energy
This type of organism does not make its own food.
Consumer
___________ is passed along with each link in a food chain.
Energy
Name a biotic factor in any ecosystem.
Deer
Bear
Fish
insect
Mongoose
Etc.
This type of organism breaks down dead organisms and other matter into simpler substances.
Decomposers
A _______________ is found at the bottom of a food chain since it makes its own food.
Producer
Biotic factor
What does a decomposer do in a food chain/ food web?
It breaks down dead organisms into nutrients (or simpler substances).
Name an abiotic factor in any ecosystem.
Rock
Air
Water
dirt
An abiotic factor is...
A non-living thing found in an ecosystem.
Producers convert __________ into food.
Sun energy.
Ponds, lakes, oceans and rivers are all this kind of ecosystem.
Aquatic
A predator _______ and a prey is __________.
A predator hunts and a prey is hunted.
Name a decomposer you might find in the woods.
Mushroom
Worm
termite
A bear, moose, tree, and rock are all things that can be found in this type of ecosystem.
Terrestrial
If a predator is removed from a food chain, what would happen to the population of its prey?
The prey's population would increase.
This is a model that shows how energy flows through an ecosystem.
Food chain.
A wolf on a food web only eats meat. What kind of eater is she?
A carnivore.
Matter is _________ in an ecosystem. Energy is ___________ in an ecosystem.
Matter is RECYCLED in an ecosystem. Energy is NOT RECYCLED in an ecosystem.
This model shows how food chains can overlap in an ecosystem.
Food webs
A bear on a food web eats both berries and other animals. What kind of eater is he?
Omnivore
Give an example of an abiotic factor in a desert.
Rock
Sand
Air
dirt
List these three organisms in order from producer to consumer in the order that energy would flow naturally in an ecosystem.
Wolf
Deer
Grass
Grass - Deer - Wolf
What does an environmental scientist study?
Changes in an environment.