Ecosystems
What is Ecosystem?
This type of eater uses the sun's energy to create their own food.
What is producers?
The arrows show this in a food chain or food web.
What is the flow of energy?
An _____________ is when animal and plants must cooperate so their basic needs are met.
The role or purpose an organism has in its environment.
What is a niche?
Ecosystem on land.
What is terrestrial?
This type of eater eats only plants.
What is herbivores?
A food __________ shows how the sun's energy is transferred from one organism to another.
What is chain?
The first way that organisms interact with each other in an ecosystem.
What is choosing a mate?
The first way to describe an organism's niche.
What is what it eats (prey)?
Ecosystem in water.
What is aquatic?
This type of eater eats only meat.
What is carnivores?
What is web?
The second way that organisms interact with each other in an ecosystem.
What is sharing space?
The second way to describe an organism's niche.
What is what eats it (predator)?
All organisms of one species interacting together.
What is population?
This type of eater eats both meat and plants.
What is omnivores?
The sun's energy gives energy to the ________.
What is plants?
The third way that organisms interact with each other in an ecosystem.
What is finding resources?
The third way to describe an organism's niche.
What is where it lives (habitat)?
All of the populations living together in the same place at the same time.
What is community?
This type of eater breaks down dead organisms and outs nutrients back into the soil.
Plants give energy to ________.
What is animals?
The place where an animal or plant lives.
What is a habitat?
To classify organisms, scientists use this tool.